Mehmet Recai Efendi

Mehmet Recai Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Muhasebe Memuru.

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 1879/80 (AH 1297). 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 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1880/81, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1880/81, shows İstatistik Kalemi in Istanbul, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1881/82 the record shows Mevrude Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 150 to 200 kuruş a month (before: İstatistik Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1881/82 as Mevrude Memuru. 5 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 6 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1881/82. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.92 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1885/86, when 2 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.