Osman Faik Efendi

Osman Faik Efendi was born in Sivas in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 Sivas in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Sivas, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tokat, the salary going from 100 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sivas). In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Amasya, with 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tokat).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Muhabere Memuru. 13 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 13 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.93 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 15 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.