Ali Efendi

Ali Efendi was born in Kuşadası in 1852/53 (AH 1269). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Asker.

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: Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Kuşadası in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1878, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1878, shows Muhabere Memuru in Muğla, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1878/79 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Muğla). In 1879/80 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale, the salary going from 500 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon). In 1886/87 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Muğla, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Muhabere Memuru. 59 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 21 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1878/79. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.51 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1897/98, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.