Mehmet Tevfik Efendi

Mehmet Tevfik Efendi was born in Divriği in 1837/38 (AH 1253). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 Sivas in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The official was then about 34 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 1871/72, the official was about 34 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1871/72, shows Çavuş in Sivas, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1889/90 the record shows Mersule Memuru in Galata, the salary going from 300 to 150 kuruş a month (before: Çavuş in Sivas). In 1899/1900 the record shows Pul Kitabeti in Galata, the salary going from 250 to 270 kuruş a month (before: Mersule Memuru in Galata). In 1901/02 the record shows Tefrik Odası in Istanbul, with 270 kuruş a month (before: Pul Kitabeti in Galata). In 1902/03 the record shows Tefrik Odası in Topkapı, with 270 kuruş a month (before: Tefrik Odası in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1874 to 1889.

The highest salary, 350 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Tefrik Odası. 32 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 19 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 80 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.45 per cent a year on average.