Bekir Sıtkı Efendi

Bekir Sıtkı Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1854/55 (AH 1271). 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 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 34 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 34 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Fabrika Memuru in Istanbul, with 500 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 560 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1893/94 as Fabrika Memuru. 59 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 18 years with a salary the median is 554 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 60 kuruş, is seen in 1893/94. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.61 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 66 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.