Mehmet Hayri Efendi

Mehmet Hayri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1855/56 (AH 1272). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Asker.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. At the first annual entry, in 1878/79, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1878/79, shows Defter-i Hakani Kalemi in Şanlıurfa (Urfa), with 950 kuruş a month. In 1881/82 the record shows Defter-i Hakani Kalemi in Sinop, with 760 kuruş a month (before: Defter-i Hakani Kalemi in Şanlıurfa).

The highest salary, 950 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1878/79 as Defter-i Hakani Kalemi. 75 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 kuruş. Over 19 years with a salary the median is 760 kuruş a month, with no rises and 2 cuts. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 1.81 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 79 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.