Mehmet Asım Efendi

Mehmet Asım Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1866/67 (AH 1283). 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 no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Karacabey (Mihaliç) in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1884/85, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1884/85, shows Muhabere Memuru in Servia (Serfiçe), with 285 kuruş a month. In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Servia). In 1893/94 the record shows Posta Memuru in Dinar, the salary going from 380 to 560 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1894/95 the record shows 3. Müdür in Sandıklı, the salary going from 560 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Dinar). In 1902/03 the record shows 3. Müdür in Erdek, with 500 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Sandıklı).

The highest salary, 560 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1893/94 as Posta 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 19 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 180 kuruş, is seen in 1893/94. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.17 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 49 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.