Mehmet Arif Efendi

Mehmet Arif Efendi was born in Yozgat in 1849/50 (AH 1266). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 1866/67 (AH 1283). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1870/71, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1870/71, shows Muhabere Memuru in Ankara, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1871/72 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Yozgat, the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ankara). In 1881/82 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyobasi, the salary going from 475 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Yozgat). In 1885/86 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Seferihisar, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beyobasi). In 1888/89 the record shows Posta Memuru in Keskin, the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Seferihisar). No annual entry is recorded for 1880/81.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1876/77 as Muhabere Memuru. 36 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 582.5 kuruş. Over 19 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1874/75. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1888/89, when 27 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.