Mehmet Arif Efendi

Mehmet Arif Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1863/64 (AH 1280). 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 no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1884/85, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1884/85, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Yemen, the salary going from 450 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 2,000 to 550 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Yemen). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Galata, with 550 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1902/03 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Galata, the salary going from 550 to 850 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Galata).

The highest salary, 2,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Başmüdür Kitabeti. 97 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 21 years with a salary the median is 550 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 1,050 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 11.29 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 83 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.