İsmail Hakkı Efendi

İsmail Hakkı Efendi was born in Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova) in 1872/73 (AH 1289). 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 Izmir (İzmir) in 1898/99 (AH 1316). The official was then about 26 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 28 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kaklık, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1902/03 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Damascus (Şam), the salary going from 500 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kaklık). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Denizli, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Damascus).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Muhabere Memuru. 47 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 6 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 9.71 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 23 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.