Mehmet Nuri Efendi

Mehmet Nuri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293). 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 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 345 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Heraklion (Kandiye), with 345 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ayvalık, with 345 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Heraklion). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Edirne, the salary going from 345 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ayvalık). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Konya, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Edirne). In 1905/06 the record shows Müdür Vekili in Ilgın, the salary going from 400 to 560 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Konya).

The highest salary, 560 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Müdür Vekili. 66 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 12 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 160 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.5 per cent a year on average.