Ahmet Refik Bey

Ahmet Refik Bey was born in Istanbul in 1854/55 (AH 1271). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Sihhiye muduru.

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 Istanbul in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 270 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1874/75, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1874/75, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 270 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Varidat Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 570 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 1,100 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Varidat Kalemi. 90 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 33 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 10 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 230 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.49 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 89 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.