Ahmet Faik Efendi

Ahmet Faik Efendi was born in Elazığ in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaymakam.

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 Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kemaliye, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Müdür Vekili in Kemaliye, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kemaliye). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Müdür Vekili in Kemaliye). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kemaliye, the salary going from 400 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Müdür Vekili. 32 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 11 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 23 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.