Yusuf Ziya Efendi

Yusuf Ziya Efendi was born in Sivas in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

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: Armenian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Çorum in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 600 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1882/83, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1882/83, shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), with 600 kuruş a month. In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ankara, the salary going from 600 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina). In 1892/93 the record shows 2. Müdür in Seferihisar, the salary going from 500 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ankara). In 1896/97 the record shows 3. Müdür in Seferihisar, the salary going from 700 to 630 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Seferihisar). In 1899/1900 the record shows 2. Müdür in Erzurum, the salary going from 630 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Seferihisar). In 1901/02 the record shows Müfettiş Muavini in Ioannina, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,180 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Erzurum). In 1905/06 the record shows Müfettiş Muavini in Erzurum, the salary going from 1,180 to 1,080 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş Muavini in Ioannina). In 1906/07 the record shows Müfettiş Muavini in Ankara, with 1,080 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş Muavini in Erzurum). No annual entry is recorded for 1886 to 1888.

The highest salary, 1,200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1908/09 as Müfettiş Muavini. 83 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 350 kuruş. Over 25 years with a salary the median is 700 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 370 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.7 per cent a year on average.