Ali Refik Efendi

Ali Refik Efendi was born in Svishtov (Ziştovi) in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

Schooling recorded: İdadi Mektebi, with 9 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1905/06 (AH 1323). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1905/06, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1905/06, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1906/07 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 100 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 15 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 58.11 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1907/08, when 28 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.