İsmail Hakki Efendi

İsmail Hakki Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Memur.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Aksaray. 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 1896/97 (AH 1314): Posta. The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1898/99, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1898/99, shows Makinist in Kosova, with 440 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Mühimme Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 600 to 100 kuruş a month (before: Makinist in Kosova).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Makinist. 70 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 9 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 160 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 6.82 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 15 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Medal (recorded code): 1; Medal or decoration as worded: "Hicaz demiryolu".