Ahmet Fazıl Bey

Ahmet Fazıl Bey was born in Tekirdağ in 1862/63 (AH 1279). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Tahrirat 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 Tekirdağ in 1879/80 (AH 1297): Telgraf. The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 100 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 Meclis Kitabeti in Tekirdağ, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1885/86 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Istanbul, the salary going from 100 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Meclis Kitabeti in Tekirdağ). In 1897/98 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Edirne, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Istanbul). In 1900/01 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Istanbul, the salary going from 500 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Edirne). No annual entry is recorded for 1882 to 1885.

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Seyyar Memur. 81 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 22 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1885/86. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.05 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 80 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.