Mehmet Nurettin Efendi

Mehmet Nurettin Efendi was born in Tekirdağ in 1843/44 (AH 1259). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Asker.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1862/63, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1862/63, shows Eşya Kalemi in Istanbul, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1868/69 the record shows Müdür in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,350 to 1,540 kuruş a month (before: Eşya Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1869/70 the record shows Telgraf Ruznamceligi Muavinligi in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,540 to 1,550 kuruş a month (before: Müdür in Istanbul). In 1871/72 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi Mumeyyizligi in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,750 to 2,250 kuruş a month (before: Telgraf Ruznamceligi Muavinligi in Istanbul). In 1881/82 the record shows Sicil Kalemi Muduru in Istanbul, with 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi Mumeyyizligi in Istanbul). In 1883/84 the record shows Esya Kalemi Muduru in Istanbul, the salary going from 2,000 to 2,400 kuruş a month (before: Sicil Kalemi Muduru in Istanbul). In 1888/89 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi Mumeyyizligi in Istanbul, the salary going from 2,400 to 3,000 kuruş a month (before: Esya Kalemi Muduru in Istanbul). In 1896/97 the record shows Başmüdür in Aydın, the salary going from 4,500 to 3,500 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi Mumeyyizligi in Istanbul). In 1898/99 the record shows Meclis Azaligi in Istanbul, the salary going from 3,500 to 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür in Aydın). No annual entry is recorded for 1895/96.

The highest salary, 4,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as Muhasebe Kalemi Mumeyyizligi. 99 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 45 years with a salary the median is 2,750 kuruş a month, with 17 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 750 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.21 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 98 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.