Osman Nuri Efendi

Osman Nuri Efendi was born in Batumi (Batum) in 1875/76 (AH 1292). 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 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 Izmir (İzmir) in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 8 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1899/1900, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1899/1900, shows Muhabere Memuru in Tripoli (Trablusgarp), with 150 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 300 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tripoli).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhabere Memuru. 39 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 8 years with a salary the median is 225 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 15.04 per cent a year on average.