Mehmed Tevfik Efendi

Mehmed Tevfik Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1849/50 (AH 1266). 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 Aleppo (Halep) in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1872/73, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1872/73, shows Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1877/78 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mersin, the salary going from 150 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo). In 1878/79 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mersin). In 1887/88 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Elazığ, the salary going from 450 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1887/88 as Muhabere Memuru. 58 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 19 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1877/78. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.01 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1889/90, when 58 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.