Mehmet Nuri Efendi

Mehmet Nuri Efendi was born in Silistra (Silistre) 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 1886/87 (AH 1304). The official was then about 19 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 1888/89, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Mersule Memuru in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Mümeyyiz in Istanbul, the salary going from 200 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Mersule Memuru in Istanbul). In 1897/98 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Ankara, the salary going from 250 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Mümeyyiz in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as Merkez Memuru. 19 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 10 years with a salary the median is 225 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1889/90. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 12.98 per cent a year on average.