Yusuf Kenan Efendi

Yusuf Kenan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Havsa in 1896/97 (AH 1314). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 800 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Muhabere Memuru in Suriye, with 800 kuruş a month. In 1902/03 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), the salary going from 800 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Suriye). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Latakia (Lazkiye), with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina). In 1907/08 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Edirne, the salary going from 400 to 350 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Latakia). No annual entry is recorded for 1901/02.

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Muhabere Memuru. 81 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 no rises and 2 cuts. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 11.14 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1907/08, when 52 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.