Mehmet Kadri Efendi

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

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 in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Memur in Izmir, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Posta Memuru in Izmir, the salary going from 250 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Izmir).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as Posta Memuru. 46 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 7 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 16.5 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1895/96, when 47 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.