Mehmet Bahaeddin Efendi

Mehmet Bahaeddin Efendi was born in Ankara in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Saray Hademesi.

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 Istanbul in 1893/94 (AH 1311). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 30 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Müvezzi in Samatya, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1899/1900 the record shows Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul, with 250 kuruş a month (before: Müvezzi in Samatya).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as Müvezzi. 14 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 9 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 14 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.