Osman Besim Efendi

Osman Besim Efendi was born in Nevşehir in 1868/69 (AH 1285). 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 1885/86 (AH 1303). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Memur in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Konya, the salary going from 100 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Istanbul). In 1893/94 the record shows 3. Müdür in Gülşehir (Arapsun), the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Konya).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1893/94 as 3. Müdür. 46 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 6 years with a salary the median is 240 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 280 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 58.49 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1894/95, when 46 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.