Ali Rıza Efendi

Ali Rıza Efendi was born in Mersin in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as mudur.

Schooling recorded: İdadi Mektebi, with 9 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) in 1904/05 (AH 1322). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1905/06, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1905/06, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Erzurum, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1906/07 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Mentese, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Erzurum).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 50 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 3 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1907/08, when 65 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.