İsmail Hakkı Efendi

İsmail Hakkı Efendi was born in Kastamonu in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf cavusu.

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 Düzce in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 600 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1885/86, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1885/86, shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), with 600 kuruş a month. In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ankara, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina). In 1889/90 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beypazarı, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ankara). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Düzce, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beypazarı). In 1904/05 the record shows 2. Müdür in Bolu, the salary going from 600 to 720 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Düzce). In 1906/07 the record shows 2. Müdür in Ankara, the salary going from 720 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Bolu).

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as 2. Müdür. 85 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 22 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 280 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.46 per cent a year on average.