Mehmet Fahri Efendi

Mehmet Fahri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

Schooling recorded: Marifet 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 Sarıyer in 1902/03 (AH 1320). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 40 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 15 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Muhabere Memuru in Sarıyer, with 40 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 80 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhabere Memuru. 1 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 6 years with a salary the median is 80 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 40 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 14.87 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1907/08, when 4 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.