Mehmet Neşet Efendi

Mehmet Neşet Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1864/65 (AH 1281). 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 Istanbul in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 120 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1885/86, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1885/86, shows Mühimme Kalemi in Istanbul, with 120 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Mühimme Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1903/04 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Kütahya, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Sevk Kalemi. 49 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 19 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.25 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.