Mehmet Ali Efendi

Mehmet Ali Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as ketebe.

Schooling recorded: Mekteb-i Sultani, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1901/02 (AH 1319). The official was then about 25 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Mülazım in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1908/09 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 200 to 150 kuruş a month (before: Mülazım in Istanbul). In 1909/10 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Kuzguncuk, the salary going from 150 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul). In 1910/11 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Kuzguncuk). No annual entry is recorded for 1905 to 1908.

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 33 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 7 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.01 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1910/11, when 30 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.