Ahmet Rifat Efendi

Ahmet Rifat Efendi was born in Çorum in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 Çorum in 1883/84 (AH 1301). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 28 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Posta Memuru in Giresun, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1890/91 the record shows Posta Memuru in Kastamonu, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Giresun). In 1891/92 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kastamonu, the salary going from 300 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Kastamonu). In 1902/03 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Taşköprü, the salary going from 380 to 475 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kastamonu).

The highest salary, 475 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Muhabere Memuru. 48 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 19 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 95 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.59 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 50 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.