Ali Safvet Efnedi

Ali Safvet Efnedi was born in Çatalca in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaymakam.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. 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 Debar (Debre) in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1899/1900, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1899/1900, shows Muhabere Memuru in Sancaktepe, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bartın, the salary going from 200 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sancaktepe). In 1903/04 the record shows 2. Müdür in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), the salary going from 500 to 720 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bartın).

The highest salary, 850 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as 2. Müdür. 82 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 7 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 27.27 per cent a year on average.