Mehmet Bahattin Efendi

Mehmet Bahattin Efendi was born in İskilip in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 Tosya in 1896/97 (AH 1314). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 137 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Muhabere Memuru in Tosya, with 137 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sinop, the salary going from 137 to 237 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tosya). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in İskilip, the salary going from 237 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sinop). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kastamonu, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in İskilip).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Muhabere Memuru. 31 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 8 years with a salary the median is 318.5 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 163 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 16.54 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 36 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.