Mehmet Şaban Efendi

Mehmet Şaban Efendi was born in Niğde in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 Niğde in 1895/96 (AH 1313). 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 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Muhabere Memuru in Aksaray, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1907/08 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Konya, the salary going from 250 to 180 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aksaray).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Muhabere Memuru. 13 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 8 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 4.58 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1907/08, when 17 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.