Rıfat Efendi

Rıfat Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Memur.

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 1882/83 (AH 1300). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 7 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 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Pul Kitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 100 to 130 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Pul Kitabeti. 50 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 18 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 14.5 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.