Mehmet Durak Bey

Mehmet Durak Bey was born in Istanbul in 1867/68 (AH 1284). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 Istanbul in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1887/88, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1887/88, shows Mühimme Kalemi in Istanbul, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul, with 350 kuruş a month (before: Mühimme Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 350 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Mühimme Kalemi. 26 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 16 years with a salary the median is 220 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.81 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 29 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.