Mehmet Nuri Efendi

Mehmet Nuri Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ketebe.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Mühimme Kalemi in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Mesalihi Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 700 to 900 kuruş a month (before: Mühimme Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 900 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Mesalihi Kalemi. 85 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 12 years with a salary the median is 450 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.65 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 84 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.