Mustafa Sırrı Efendi

Mustafa Sırrı Efendi was born in Berkovitsa (Berkofça) in 1872/73 (AH 1289). 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 Sapanca in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Nakliye Memuru in Geyve, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Geyve, the salary going from 200 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Nakliye Memuru in Geyve). In 1901/02 the record shows 3. Müdür in Geyve, the salary going from 380 to 520 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Geyve).

The highest salary, 520 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as 3. Müdür. 59 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 11 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 180 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 10.03 per cent a year on average.