Mehmet Rifat Efendi

Mehmet Rifat Efendi was born in Bursa in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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 Bursa in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kütahya, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Eskişehir, the salary going from 200 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kütahya).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhabere Memuru. 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 41.42 per cent a year on average.