Mehmet Refik Efendi

Mehmet Refik Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ketebe.

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 Istanbul in 1893/94 (AH 1311). The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 110 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Mekâtib Memuru. 23 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 10 years with a salary the median is 100 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 190 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 22.03 per cent a year on average.