Recep Naci

Recep Naci was born in Niš (Niş) in 1859/60 (AH 1276). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

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 Niš in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1880/81, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1880/81, shows Muhabere Memuru in Skopje (Üsküp), with 285 kuruş a month. In 1881/82 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Prizren, with 285 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Skopje). In 1884/85 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Skopje, the salary going from 285 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Prizren). In 1886/87 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gavsiye, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Skopje). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Pristina (Priştine), the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gavsiye). In 1900/01 the record shows 3. Müdür in Gavsiye, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pristina). In 1901/02 the record shows 3. Müdür in Gjilan (Gilan), the salary going from 600 to 650 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Gavsiye).

The highest salary, 650 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as 3. Müdür. 73 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 26 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1886/87. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.35 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 71 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.