Mehmet Hayri Efendi

Mehmet Hayri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294). 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 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kadıköy, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Hereke, the salary going from 100 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kadıköy). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Haydarpaşa, the salary going from 300 to 330 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Hereke). In 1904/05 the record shows 3. Müdür in Kartal, the salary going from 400 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Haydarpaşa).

The highest salary, 540 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as 3. Müdür. 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 9 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 23.47 per cent a year on average.