Mehmet Nail Efendi

Mehmet Nail Efendi was born in Erzurum in 1879/80 (AH 1297). 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 Erzurum in 1900/01 (AH 1318). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Muhabere Memuru in Erzurum, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1902/03 the record shows Posta Memuru in Erzurum, the salary going from 200 to 120 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Erzurum). In 1904/05 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Koy Sanjaq (Köysancak), the salary going from 120 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Erzurum).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Başmuhabere Memuru. 52 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 200 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 380 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 25.74 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 50 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.