Ali Fevzi Efendi

Ali Fevzi Efendi was born in Çankırı in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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: Bulgarian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Çankırı in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Posta Memuru in Sinop, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows 3. Müdür in Samandağ (Süveydiye), the salary going from 300 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Sinop). In 1899/1900 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Aydın, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Samandağ). No annual entry is recorded for 1894 to 1896.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Başmüdür Kitabeti. 70 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 5 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 12.25 per cent a year on average.