Mehmet Rauf Efendi

Mehmet Rauf Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Katip.

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 Istanbul in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 100 to 125 kuruş a month (before: Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1895/96 the record shows Posta Memuru in Beşiktaş, with 125 kuruş a month (before: Ittihat Posta Memuru in Istanbul). In 1900/01 the record shows Posta Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 125 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Beşiktaş). In 1901/02 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Trabzon, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Istanbul). In 1903/04 the record shows 2. Müdür in Suriye, the salary going from 400 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Merkez Memuru in Trabzon). No annual entry is recorded for 1899/1900.

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as 2. Müdür. 87 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 14 years with a salary the median is 125 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 600 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 23.86 per cent a year on average.