ismail Hakki Efendi

ismail Hakki Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Amele.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 Istanbul in 1885/86 (AH 1303): Polis. The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1885/86, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1885/86, shows Çavuş in Beyoğlu, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Çavuş in Istanbul, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Çavuş in Beyoğlu). In 1894/95 the record shows 3. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Istanbul, the salary going from 350 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Çavuş in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1889 to 1892.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as 3. Sınıf Polis Komiseri. 46 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 8 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.24 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1895/96, when 47 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.