Mehmet Tevfik Efendi

Mehmet Tevfik Efendi was born in Edirne in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 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 Edirne in 1901/02 (AH 1319). The official was then about 27 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 27 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Müvezzi in Edirne, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1902/03 the record shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Edirne, the salary going from 150 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Müvezzi in Edirne).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Ittihat Posta Memuru. 21 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 2 years with a salary the median is 225 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 100 per cent a year on average.