Ahmet Yahya Efendi

Ahmet Yahya Efendi was born in Izmir (İzmir) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). 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 Aydın in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 25 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Seyyar Memur in Aydın, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Izmir, the salary going from 300 to 350 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Aydın).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Seyyar Memur. 49 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 9 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.59 per cent a year on average.