Hafız Yusuf Ziyaeddin Efendi

Hafız Yusuf Ziyaeddin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Hademe.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1902/03 (AH 1320). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 75 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1906/07, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1906/07, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1907/08 the record shows Memurin Kitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 150 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as Memurin Kitabeti. 56 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 300 kuruş. Over 7 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1907/08. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 17.76 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1911/12, when 2 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.