Ali Şefik Efendi

Ali Şefik Efendi was born in Arapgir in 1878 (AH 1295). 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 Hopa in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 190 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon, with 190 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 400 to 350 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon).

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 12 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 210 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.71 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 32 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.