Ahmet Vefik Efendi

Ahmet Vefik Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

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 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1899/1900, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1899/1900, shows Meclis Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 140 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Meclis Kitabeti. 4 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 7 years with a salary the median is 120 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 20 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.77 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 5 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.