Ali Rıza Efendi

Ali Rıza Efendi was born in Gaziantep (Antep) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Mulazim.

Schooling recorded: İdadi Mektebi, with 9 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: Arabic, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Hama in 1902/03 (AH 1320). The official was then about 29 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1904/05, the official was about 31 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1904/05, shows Muhabere Memuru in Isparta, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1907/08 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Semsekeyn, the salary going from 200 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Isparta).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as Muhabere Memuru. 39 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 300 kuruş. Over 4 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 1907/08. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 14.47 per cent a year on average.