Mehmet Ragıp Efendi

Mehmet Ragıp Efendi was born in Ruse (Rusçuk) in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Muduru.

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 Aydın in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale, with 285 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Izmir (İzmir), the salary going from 285 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Çanakkale). In 1906/07 the record shows 3. Müdür in Köyceğiz, the salary going from 400 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Izmir).

The highest salary, 540 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as 3. Müdür. 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 14 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 140 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.04 per cent a year on average.