Yusuf Efendi

Yusuf Efendi was born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) in 1840/41 (AH 1256). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 Trabzon in 1869/70 (AH 1286): Posta. The official was then about 29 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1869/70, the official was about 29 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1869/70, shows Mukayyit in Trabzon, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1870/71 the record shows Duhan Memuru in Şebinkarahisar, the salary going from 200 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Mukayyit in Trabzon).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1870/71 as Duhan Memuru. 20 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 600 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 1870/71. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 100 per cent a year on average.