Ali Rıza Efendi

Ali Rıza Efendi was born in Nigbolu in 1862/63 (AH 1279). 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 Istanbul in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1879/80, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1879/80, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 380 kuruş a month. In 1883/84 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Lemnos (Limni), the salary going from 380 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki). In 1887/88 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 750 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Lemnos). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Aydın, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,350 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Thessaloniki). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Beirut (Beyrut), the salary going from 1,350 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Aydın). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Izmir (İzmir), the salary going from 1,200 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Beirut). In 1908/09 the record shows Müdür in Izmir, the salary going from 1,500 to 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Izmir). In 1909/10 the record shows Başmüdür in Beirut, the salary going from 2,000 to 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Müdür in Izmir). In 1910/11 the record shows Mufettis-i Umumiligi in Istanbul, with 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür in Beirut). In 1911/12 the record shows Sicil Kalemi Muduru in Istanbul, with 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Mufettis-i Umumiligi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 3,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Başmüdür. 94 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 34 years with a salary the median is 1,000 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 1,000 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.46 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1911/12, when 79 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.