Fahri Efendi

Fahri Efendi was born in Nevşehir in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Gumruk Memuru.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 14 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1880/81, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1880/81, shows Muallim in Istanbul, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1881/82 the record shows Fen Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muallim in Istanbul). In 1888/89 the record shows Telgraf Muhendisi in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,250 kuruş a month (before: Fen Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1889/90 the record shows Muhimme Kalemi Muduru in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,250 to 1,600 kuruş a month (before: Telgraf Muhendisi in Istanbul). In 1900/01 the record shows Posta Komisyonu Reisi Muavinligi in Istanbul, the salary going from 2,205 to 4,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhimme Kalemi Muduru in Istanbul). In 1901/02 the record shows PT Nazir Muavini in Istanbul, with 4,000 kuruş a month (before: Posta Komisyonu Reisi Muavinligi in Istanbul). In 1902/03 the record shows Müdür in Galata, the salary going from 4,000 to 3,300 kuruş a month (before: PT Nazir Muavini in Istanbul). In 1903/04 the record shows Posta Mudur-i Umumiligi in Istanbul, the salary going from 3,300 to 5,000 kuruş a month (before: Müdür in Galata). No annual entry is recorded for 1882 to 1884.

The highest salary, 5,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Posta Mudur-i Umumiligi. 99 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 25 years with a salary the median is 1,935 kuruş a month, with 11 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 1,795 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 11.43 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 99 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.