Mehmet Niyazi Efendi

Mehmet Niyazi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Baskatip.

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 Istanbul in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 30 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Mühimme Kalemi in Istanbul, with 30 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Mevrude Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 30 to 50 kuruş a month (before: Mühimme Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 100 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Mevrude Memuru. Less than 1 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 3 years with a salary the median is 50 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 82.57 per cent a year on average.