Mehmet Refik Bey

Mehmet Refik Bey was born in Istanbul in 1858/59 (AH 1275). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Memur.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 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 1872/73 (AH 1289). The official was then about 14 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 1878/79, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1878/79, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1890/91 the record shows Mümeyyiz in Istanbul, with 700 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1904/05 the record shows Müdür Muavini in Istanbul, with 1,250 kuruş a month (before: Mümeyyiz in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 1,250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as Mümeyyiz. 93 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 29 years with a salary the median is 1,050 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1885/86. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.76 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 91 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.