Mehmet Rahmi Efendi

Mehmet Rahmi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Muhabere Memuru in Sinop, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1878 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in İnebolu, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sinop). In 1879/80 the record shows Pil Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 400 to 190 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in İnebolu). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 190 kuruş a month (before: Pil Memuru in Istanbul). In 1900/01 the record shows Tahsilat Kalemi in Istanbul, with 350 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 435 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Tahsilat Kalemi. 45 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 26 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 85 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.34 per cent a year on average.