Hafız Ahmet Vefik Efendi

Hafız Ahmet Vefik Efendi was born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). 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 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 Thessaloniki in 1886/87 (AH 1304). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1887/88, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1887/88, shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Thessaloniki, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1902/03 the record shows Posta Memuru in Thessaloniki, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Thessaloniki).

The highest salary, 340 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Posta Memuru. 31 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 18 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.93 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 32 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.