Osman Nuri Efendi

Osman Nuri Efendi was born in Izmir (İzmir) in 1871/72 (AH 1288). 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 Izmir in 1883/84 (AH 1301). The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1885/86, the official was about 15 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1885/86, shows Müvezzi in Izmir, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1889/90 the record shows Posta Memuru in Izmir, the salary going from 150 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Müvezzi in Izmir). In 1895/96 the record shows Mersule Memuru in Izmir, the salary going from 350 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Izmir).

The highest salary, 450 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Mersule Memuru. 43 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 300 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1889/90. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 11.61 per cent a year on average.