Mehmet Fahri Efendi

Mehmet Fahri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ketebe.

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 Istanbul in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 8 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Damascus (Şam), with 400 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop), with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Damascus). In 1898/99 the record shows Posta Memuru in Drama, the salary going from 400 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gotse Delchev). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Drama, the salary going from 200 to 285 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Drama).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Muhabere Memuru. 30 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 6 years with a salary the median is 342.5 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 85 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 6.55 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 17 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.