Mehmet Neşet Efendi

Mehmet Neşet Efendi was born in Edirne in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kolagasi.

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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Kırklareli in 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Kırklareli, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows 3. Müdür in Kocgiri, the salary going from 350 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Kırklareli).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as 3. Müdür. 52 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 5 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 18.92 per cent a year on average.