Mehmet Reşat Efendi

Mehmet Reşat Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Sogukcesme. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Tekellum; French, with Asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1887/88 (AH 1305): Telgraf. The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1890/91, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1890/91, shows Memur in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in İzmit, the salary going from 100 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Muhasebe Kalemi. 59 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 3 years with a salary the median is 100 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 144.95 per cent a year on average.