Osman Fevzi Efendi

Osman Fevzi Efendi was born in Nevşehir in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 İncesu in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 160 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1898/99, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1898/99, shows Mukayyit in Kastamonu, with 160 kuruş a month. In 1899/1900 the record shows Posta Memuru in Kayseri, the salary going from 160 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Mukayyit in Kastamonu). In 1906/07 the record shows Posta Memuru in Talas, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Kayseri).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Posta Memuru. 38 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 9 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 140 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 12.14 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 39 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.