Mehmet Niyazi Efendi

Mehmet Niyazi Efendi was born in Trabzon in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ketebe.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Samsun in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Mandapost Memuru in Trabzon, the salary going from 250 to 324 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon). In 1902/03 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon, the salary going from 324 to 350 kuruş a month (before: Mandapost Memuru in Trabzon). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Erzincan, the salary going from 350 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon). In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Misir, the salary going from 400 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Erzincan). No annual entry is recorded for 1905/06.

The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhabere Memuru. 76 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 10 years with a salary the median is 287 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 350 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 14.13 per cent a year on average.