Hasan Ziya Efendi

Hasan Ziya Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1878 (AH 1295). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

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 Edirne in 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Muhabere Memuru in Edirne, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 500 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Edirne).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Muhabere Memuru. 49 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 4 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 12.64 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 8 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.