Osman Nuri Efendi

Osman Nuri Efendi was born in Nevşehir in 1864/65 (AH 1281). 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 Istanbul in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1885/86, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1885/86, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1886/87 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Nevşehir, the salary going from 200 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1886/87 as Muhabere Memuru. 27 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 2 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1886/87. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 100 per cent a year on average.