İsmail Nuri Efendi

İsmail Nuri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1858/59 (AH 1275). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: İdadi Mektebi, with 9 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 1873/74 (AH 1290). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 60 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1875/76, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1875/76, shows Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul, with 60 kuruş a month. In 1887/88 the record shows Sicil Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 295 to 550 kuruş a month (before: Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1888/89 the record shows Evrak Mukayyitligi in Istanbul, with 550 kuruş a month (before: Sicil Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1893/94 the record shows Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 600 to 640 kuruş a month (before: Evrak Mukayyitligi in Istanbul). In 1896/97 the record shows Mümeyyiz in Istanbul, the salary going from 640 to 576 kuruş a month (before: Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 820 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Mümeyyiz. 83 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 31 years with a salary the median is 550 kuruş a month, with 11 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 255 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.11 per cent a year on average.