Osman Nuri Efendi

Osman Nuri Efendi was born in Beypazarı in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Hafiz.

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 Beypazarı in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Posta Memuru in Mudurnu, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 150 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Mudurnu). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), the salary going from 400 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina).

The highest salary, 450 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhabere Memuru. 47 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 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 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 11.61 per cent a year on average.