Osman Nuri Efendi

Osman Nuri Efendi was born in Ruse (Rusçuk) in 1872/73 (AH 1289). 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 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 Birecik in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 350 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Muhabere Memuru in Volos (Golos), with 350 kuruş a month. In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo (Halep), the salary going from 350 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Volos). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gaziantep (Antep), with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo). In 1906/07 the record shows 3. Müdür in Andırın, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gaziantep). No annual entry is recorded for 1898/99.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as 3. Müdür. 51 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 9 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.04 per cent a year on average.