Mehmet Arif Efendi

Mehmet Arif Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaymakam.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Mevrude Basmemur Muavini in Istanbul, with 585 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1900/01 the record shows Teftis Muavini in Istanbul, the salary going from 750 to 900 kuruş a month (before: Mevrude Basmemur Muavini in Istanbul). In 1902/03 the record shows Müdür Muavini in Istanbul, the salary going from 900 to 1,100 kuruş a month (before: Teftis Muavini in Istanbul). In 1904/05 the record shows Müfettiş Muavini in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,100 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Müdür Muavini in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 1,200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Müfettiş Muavini. 91 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 11 years with a salary the median is 750 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 11.61 per cent a year on average.