Hafız Mehmet Sadık Efendi

Hafız Mehmet Sadık Efendi was born in Burdur in 1862/63 (AH 1279). 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 Damascus (Şam) in 1885/86 (AH 1303). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1885/86, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1885/86, shows Mukayyit in Damascus, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1886/87 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Damascus, the salary going from 150 to 285 kuruş a month (before: Mukayyit in Damascus). In 1887/88 the record shows Posta Memuru in Damascus, the salary going from 285 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Damascus). In 1894/95 the record shows 3. Müdür in Havran, the salary going from 380 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Damascus). In 1900/01 the record shows 2. Müdür in Al-Karak (Kerek), the salary going from 540 to 800 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Havran). No annual entry is recorded for 1893/94.

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as 2. Müdür. 87 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 16 years with a salary the median is 460 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 260 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 12.59 per cent a year on average.