Ali Rıza Efendi

Ali Rıza Efendi was born in Izmir (İzmir) in 1865/66 (AH 1282). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Hoca.

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 Dikili in 1886/87 (AH 1304). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Muhabere Memuru in Adana, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows 3. Müdür in Payas, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Adana). In 1898/99 the record shows 3. Müdür in Ceyhan (Hamidiye), with 500 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Payas). In 1899/1900 the record shows 3. Müdür in Maskanah (Meskene), the salary going from 500 to 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Ceyhan). In 1903/04 the record shows 3. Müdür in Arsuz, with 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Maskanah). No annual entry is recorded for 1894/95.

The highest salary, 540 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as 3. Müdür. 60 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 500 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 40 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.64 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.