Mehmet Faik Efendi

Mehmet Faik Efendi was born in Edirne in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Muduru.

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 Feres (Ferecik) in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1899/1900, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1899/1900, shows Muhabere Memuru in Çorlu, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Edirne, the salary going from 250 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Çorlu).

The highest salary, 380 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Muhabere Memuru. 29 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 3 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 130 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 23.29 per cent a year on average.