Hacı Mehmet Efendi

Hacı Mehmet Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1839/40 (AH 1255). 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 Istanbul in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 49 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1887/88, the official was about 49 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1887/88, shows Hizmetli in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 550 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Hizmetli. 68 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 13 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.69 per cent a year on average.