Mehmet Faik Efendi

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

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Yozgat in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Yozgat, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Boğazlıyan, the salary going from 200 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Yozgat). No annual entry is recorded for 1895/96.

The highest salary, 380 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1896/97 as Muhabere Memuru. 28 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 2 years with a salary the median is 290 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 180 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 37.84 per cent a year on average.