Mehmet Ruhi Efendi

Mehmet Ruhi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as miralay.

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 1896/97 (AH 1314). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1898/99, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1898/99, shows Posta Memuru in İzmit, with 250 kuruş a month. No annual entry is recorded for 1899 to 1901.

The highest salary, 350 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Posta Memuru. 32 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 6 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.92 per cent a year on average.