Mehmet Fahri Efendi

Mehmet Fahri Efendi was born in İzmit in 1874/75 (AH 1291). 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 İzmit in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Muhabere Memuru in İzmit, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows 3. Müdür in Yalova, the salary going from 300 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in İzmit). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gemlik, the salary going from 540 to 475 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Yalova).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as 3. Müdür. 59 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 11 years with a salary the median is 475 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1895/96. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.7 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 47 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.