Mehmet Arif Efendi

Mehmet Arif Efendi was born in Malkara in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

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 Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova) in 1899/1900 (AH 1317). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1903/04, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kırklareli, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1906/07 the record shows Posta Memuru in Kırklareli, the salary going from 250 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kırklareli).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Posta Memuru. 25 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 4 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.27 per cent a year on average.