Mehmet Tevfik Efendi

Mehmet Tevfik Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293). 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Edirne in 1893/94 (AH 1311). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhabere Memuru in Edirne, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Vezirköprü, the salary going from 400 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Edirne). In 1901/02 the record shows Mukayyit in Trabzon, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Vezirköprü). In 1902/03 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Mukayyit in Trabzon). In 1905/06 the record shows 3. Müdür in Fatsa, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon). No annual entry is recorded for 1894/95.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as 3. Müdür. 50 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 12 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.88 per cent a year on average.