Mehmet Erşed Efendi

Mehmet Erşed Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1871/72 (AH 1288). 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 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 16 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 1891/92, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 150 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhasebe Kalemi. 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 15 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 16.01 per cent a year on average.