Yusuf Ziyaettin Efendi

Yusuf Ziyaettin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1898/99 (AH 1316). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1898/99, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1898/99, shows Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1899/1900 the record shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1900/01 the record shows Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 200 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Ittihat Posta Memuru in Istanbul). In 1901/02 the record shows Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1904/05 the record shows Havalename Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 500 to 660 kuruş a month (before: Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 900 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Havalename Kalemi. 83 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 8 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 23.97 per cent a year on average.