Ethem Tevfik Efendi

Ethem Tevfik Efendi was born in Mudanya in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Mühimme Kalemi in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Tahrirati Ecnebiye Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 400 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Mühimme Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1901/02 the record shows Posta Mesalihi Kalemi Mudur Muavini in Istanbul, the salary going from 940 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirati Ecnebiye Kalemi in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1891 to 1893.

The highest salary, 1,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Posta Mesalihi Kalemi Mudur Muavini. 94 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 13 years with a salary the median is 940 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 560 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.9 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 94 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.