Mehmet Niyazi Efendi

Mehmet Niyazi Efendi was born in Izmir (İzmir) in 1866/67 (AH 1283). 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 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 Taraklı in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1883/84, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1883/84, shows Muvassil in Taraklı, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Adapazarı, the salary going from 200 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muvassil in Taraklı). In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Karamürsel, the salary going from 300 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Adapazarı). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in İzmit, the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Karamürsel). In 1901/02 the record shows 3. Müdür in Karamürsel, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in İzmit). No annual entry is recorded for 1891/92.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as 3. Müdür. 49 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 20 years with a salary the median is 340 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.2 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.