Mehmed Rıza Efendi

Mehmed Rıza Efendi was born in Safranbolu in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 Safranbolu in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1883/84, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1883/84, shows Muhabere Memuru in Safranbolu, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1889/90 the record shows Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Safranbolu). In 1893/94 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 450 to 550 kuruş a month (before: Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul). In 1895/96 the record shows Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 550 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Merkez Memuru in Istanbul). In 1898/99 the record shows Emanet Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 540 kuruş a month (before: Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 650 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Emanet Kitabeti. 71 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 24 years with a salary the median is 540 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 110 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.13 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 70 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.