Mehmet Emin Nuri Efendi

Mehmet Emin Nuri Efendi was born in Kastamonu in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Kastamonu in 1890/91 (AH 1308). 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 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Hicaz, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Konya, the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Hicaz). In 1902/03 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Edirne, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Konya).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Muhabere Memuru. 30 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 8 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 0.73 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 31 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.