Ali Sadettin Efendi

Ali Sadettin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Liman Katibi.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Muhabere Memuru in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), with 200 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Isparta, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Afyonkarahisar). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 200 to 120 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Isparta). No annual entry is recorded for 1904/05.

The highest salary, 200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Muhabere Memuru. 9 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 15.66 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 4 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.