Ali Şefik Efendi

Ali Şefik Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1852/53 (AH 1269). 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 Istanbul in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1876/77, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows İstatistik Kalemi in Istanbul, with 360 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 450 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1878 as Tahrirat Kalemi. 32 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 8 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1878. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 1.49 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1882/83, when 18 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.