Mehmet Fuat Efendi

Mehmet Fuat Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1869/70 (AH 1286). 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 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1884/85, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1884/85, shows Müvezzi in Galata, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1885/86 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Müvezzi in Galata). In 1888/89 the record shows Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 200 to 100 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1893/94 the record shows Tahsilat Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 130 to 175 kuruş a month (before: Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1897/98 the record shows Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 200 to 220 kuruş a month (before: Tahsilat Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1899/1900 the record shows Evrak Kalemi in Demirköy (Samakovcuk), the salary going from 220 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1902/03 the record shows Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul, with 475 kuruş a month (before: Evrak Kalemi in Demirköy). No annual entry is recorded for 1886 to 1888.

The highest salary, 475 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Evrak Kalemi. 47 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 200 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 125 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.42 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 50 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.