Abdullah Faik Efendi

Abdullah Faik Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as imam.

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 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 80 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul, with 80 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Evrak Kalemi. 14 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 14 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.16 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 15 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.