Mehmet Nuri Efendi

Mehmet Nuri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1858/59 (AH 1275). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as kaptan.

Schooling recorded: Bahriye Mektebi, with 12 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 1877/78 (AH 1294): Telgraf. The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Muhabere Memuru in Rhodes (Rodos), with 400 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Samsun, the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Rhodes). In 1881/82 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tirebolu, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Samsun). In 1893/94 the record shows no title (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tirebolu).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1881/82 as Muhabere Memuru. 46 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 17 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1881/82. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.4 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1892/93, when 44 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.