Mehmet Tevfik Efendi

Mehmet Tevfik Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 65 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 65 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Babiali, the salary going from 165 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Muhabere Memuru. 47 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 12 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 20.38 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 52 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.