Osman Nuri Efendi

Osman Nuri Efendi was born in Lüleburgaz in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 Fatih in 1900/01 (AH 1318). The official was then about 32 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 33 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Muhabere Memuru in Samatya, with 150 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhabere Memuru. 8 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 5 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.46 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 8 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.