Mehmet Hayri Efendi

Mehmet Hayri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1851/52 (AH 1268). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Turbedar.

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 Istanbul in 1864/65 (AH 1281): Nafia Nezareti. The official was then about 13 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1876/77, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows Memur in Istanbul, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1877/78 the record shows Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 250 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Istanbul). In 1878 the record shows Eşya Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 300 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1889/90 the record shows Başmemur in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,100 kuruş a month (before: Eşya Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1906/07 the record shows Mümeyyiz in Istanbul, with 1,275 kuruş a month (before: Başmemur in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 1,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Mümeyyiz. 80 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 35 years with a salary the median is 1,090 kuruş a month, with 12 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.41 per cent a year on average.