Nesim Fasoto Efendi

Nesim Fasoto Efendi was born in Çanakkale in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Jewish (Musevi), the nationality as Yahudi and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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 Aydın in 1898/99 (AH 1316). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 280 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1903/04, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Mühimme Kalemi in Izmir (İzmir), with 280 kuruş a month. In 1906/07 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Izmir, the salary going from 280 to 445 kuruş a month (before: Mühimme Kalemi in Izmir).

The highest salary, 445 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 48 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 4 years with a salary the median is 280 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 165 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 16.7 per cent a year on average.