Mehmet Niyazi Efendi

Mehmet Niyazi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1865/66 (AH 1282). 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 a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1883/84 (AH 1301): 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 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1883/84, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1883/84, shows Mekâtib Memuru in Galata, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1886/87 the record shows Muallim in Istanbul, the salary going from 250 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Mekâtib Memuru in Galata). In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo (Halep), the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muallim in Istanbul). In 1893/94 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Adana, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo). In 1894/95 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Silifke, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Adana). In 1895/96 the record shows 3. Müdür in Tavşancıl, the salary going from 500 to 550 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Silifke). In 1896/97 the record shows Memur in Tavşancıl, the salary going from 550 to 495 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Tavşancıl). In 1898/99 the record shows 3. Müdür in Maltepe, the salary going from 495 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Tavşancıl). No annual entry is recorded for 1885/86.

The highest salary, 550 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as 3. Müdür. 58 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 447.5 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.93 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 49 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Rank (recorded code): 3.

A death is recorded under 1902/03 (AH 1320): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.