Mehmet Rüşdü Efendi

Mehmet Rüşdü Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Hademe.

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 Galata in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives 9 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 600 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 32 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Seyyar Memur in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 600 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Izmir (İzmir), the salary going from 600 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Thessaloniki).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Seyyar Memur. 67 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 4 years with a salary the median is 520 kuruş a month, with no rises and 2 cuts. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 5.9 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.