Mehmet Hayri Efendi

Mehmet Hayri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Hademe.

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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1894/95 (AH 1312). 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 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, with 50 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhabere Memuru. 23 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 12 years with a salary the median is 192.5 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 71 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 17.69 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1907/08, when 39 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.