Ahmet Refik Efendi

Ahmet Refik Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

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 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 15 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 1877/78, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Muhabere 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 500 kuruş. Over 26 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1878/79. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.7 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 32 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.