Aziz Remzi Efendi

Aziz Remzi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 1893/94 (AH 1311). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 600 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1899/1900, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1899/1900, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kurukavak, with 600 kuruş a month. In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 600 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kurukavak). In 1902/03 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kucuk karaburun, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Muhabere Memuru. 70 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 4 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 30.66 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 9 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.