Mehmet Nezihi Efendi

Mehmet Nezihi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Muduru.

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 no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 135 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul, with 135 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Sevk Kalemi. 51 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 14 years with a salary the median is 295 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 10.6 per cent a year on average.