Mehmet Raşit Efendi

Mehmet Raşit Efendi was born in Bartın in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Muallim.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Yemen, the salary going from 50 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu). In 1903/04 the record shows 2. Müdür in Chios (Sakız), the salary going from 1,000 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Yemen).

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Muhabere Memuru. 88 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 9 years with a salary the median is 800 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 750 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 41.42 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 80 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.