Ahmet Refik Efendi

Ahmet Refik Efendi was born in Erzurum in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kolagasi.

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 Erzurum in 1899/1900 (AH 1317). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1899/1900, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1899/1900, shows Mukayyit in Erzurum, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1900/01 the record shows Ambar Kalemi in Erzurum, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Mukayyit in Erzurum). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Pasinler (Hasankale), the salary going from 200 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Ambar Kalemi in Erzurum).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhabere 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 7 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.99 per cent a year on average.