Bekir Efendi

Bekir Efendi was born in Malatya in 1869/70 (AH 1286). 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 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 80 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Memur in Istanbul, with 130 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Mukayyit in Istanbul, the salary going from 230 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Istanbul). In 1904/05 the record shows Mümeyyiz in Istanbul, with 850 kuruş a month (before: Mukayyit in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 900 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Mümeyyiz. 83 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 18 years with a salary the median is 760 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 350 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 12.05 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 82 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.