Bahattin Efendi

Bahattin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1843/44 (AH 1259). 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 1858/59 (AH 1275): Hademei Hassa. The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 30 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1858/59, the official was about 16 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1858/59, shows Hademei Hassa in Istanbul, with 30 kuruş a month. In 1867/68 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Plovdiv (Filibe), the salary going from 120 to 480 kuruş a month (before: Hademei Hassa in Istanbul). In 1868/69 the record shows no title in Bitola (Manastır) (before: Muhabere Memuru in Plovdiv). In 1869/70 the record shows 2. Müdür in Veria (Karaferye), with 800 kuruş a month (before: no title in Bitola). In 1870/71 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 800 to 250 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Veria). In 1891/92 the record shows Başmuhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,100 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1894/95 the record shows 1. Müdür in Eyüpsultan, with 1,300 kuruş a month (before: Başmuhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1896/97 the record shows 2. Müdür in Eyüpsultan, the salary going from 1,300 to 1,170 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Eyüpsultan). In 1897/98 the record shows Basmemur Muavini in Istanbul, with 1,170 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Eyüpsultan).

The highest salary, 1,300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1893/94 as Başmuhabere Memuru. 93 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 40 years with a salary the median is 760 kuruş a month, with 12 rises and 5 cuts. The largest rise, 360 kuruş, is seen in 1867/68. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.59 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1897/98, when 93 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.