Mehmet Fikri Efendi

Mehmet Fikri Efendi was born in Kastamonu in 1865/66 (AH 1282). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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 Kastamonu in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 25 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 28 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Posta Memuru in Shkodër (İşkodra), with 200 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Posta Memuru in Kastrat, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Shkodër). In 1899/1900 the record shows Posta Memuru in Shkodër, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Kastrat). In 1902/03 the record shows Posta Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Shkodër).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Posta Memuru. 49 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 10 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 10.72 per cent a year on average.