Hasan Sami Efendi

Hasan Sami Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Mahkeme Memuru.

Schooling recorded: Mekteb-i Sultani, with 12 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 Beyoğlu in 1902/03 (AH 1320). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 800 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1904/05, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1904/05, shows Muhabere Memuru in Zintan, with 800 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tripoli (Trablusgarp), the salary going from 800 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Zintan). In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Erzincan, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tripoli).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhabere Memuru. 80 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 29.29 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.