Ali Rıza Efendi

Ali Rıza Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Muallim.

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 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Posta Memuru in Galata, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1902/03 the record shows Kontrol Kalemi in Galata, the salary going from 100 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Galata).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Kontrol Kalemi. 33 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 9 years with a salary the median is 280 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 120 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 18.92 per cent a year on average.