Hasan Ziya Bey

Hasan Ziya Bey was born in Sivas in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaymakam.

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 Sivas in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1899/1900, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1899/1900, shows Muhabere Memuru in Ankara, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1900/01 the record shows Posta Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ankara). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Posta Memuru. 31 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 7 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.91 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.