Ahmet Recep Efendi

Ahmet Recep Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Asker.

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 Istanbul in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Pul Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1899/1900 the record shows Sube Memuru in Sirkeci, the salary going from 100 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Pul Kitabeti in Istanbul). In 1901/02 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa), the salary going from 200 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Sube Memuru in Sirkeci).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Seyyar Memur. 67 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 8 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 29.17 per cent a year on average.