Mehmet Ziya Efendi

Mehmet Ziya Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ketebe.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 1877/78 (AH 1294). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 480 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Fabrika Memuru in Istanbul, with 450 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Üsküdar, the salary going from 450 to 50 kuruş a month (before: Fabrika Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 450 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1877/78 as Fabrika Memuru. 34 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 560 kuruş. Over 28 years with a salary the median is 450 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 5.42 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 1 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.