Abdullatif Efendi

Abdullatif Efendi was born in Kazanlak (Kızanlık) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Edremit in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 450 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Samos (Sisam), with 450 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Posta Memuru in Thasos (Taşoz), the salary going from 450 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Samos). In 1906/07 the record shows 2. Müdür in Osmaniye, the salary going from 600 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Thasos).

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Posta Memuru. 76 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 7 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.64 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 72 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.