İsmail Hakkı Efendi

İsmail Hakkı Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as carkci.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. 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 1909/10 (AH 1327). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1909/10, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1909/10, shows Mersule Memuru in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1910/11 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 200 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Mersule Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1910/11 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 14 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 2 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1910/11. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 50 per cent a year on average.