Mehmet İrfan Efendi

Mehmet İrfan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Hariciye Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi.

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 Beyoğlu in 1903/04 (AH 1321). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1904/05, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1904/05, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 100 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 150 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 5 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 4 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 14.47 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1907/08, when 12 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.