Mehmet Recep Efendi

Mehmet Recep Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1857/58 (AH 1274). 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 Ioannina (Yanya) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1878/79 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Micova, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina). In 1879/80 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Ioannina, the salary going from 600 to 475 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Micova).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1878/79 as Muhabere Memuru. 47 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 28 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 125 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.29 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.