Refet Efendi

Refet Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Sanayi Mektebi (School of Industry), with 9 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows PT Amelesi in Istanbul, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Makine Memuru in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 300 to 500 kuruş a month (before: PT Amelesi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Makine Memuru. 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 14 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.01 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1908/09, when 60 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.