Hasan Tevfik Efendi

Hasan Tevfik Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1865/66 (AH 1282). 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 Istanbul in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1885/86, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1885/86, shows Muhabere Memuru in Emirgan, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Rumelihisarı, with 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Emirgan).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhabere Memuru. 38 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 21 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.53 per cent a year on average.