Mehmet Rüştü Efendi

Mehmet Rüştü Efendi was born in Elazığ in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Katip.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Çemişgezek in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Muhabere Memuru in Mudanya, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Karamürsel, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mudanya). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bursa, the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Karamürsel). In 1897/98 the record shows 3. Müdür in Lapseki, the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bursa).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as 3. Müdür. 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 7 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 120 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.89 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1898/99, when 48 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.