Mehmet Bahattin Efendi

Mehmet Bahattin Efendi was born in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Polis.

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 İpsala in 1898/99 (AH 1316). 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 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1903/04, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kırklareli, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows Nakliye Memuru in Feres (Ferecik), the salary going from 250 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kırklareli).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhabere Memuru. 14 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 2 years with a salary the median is 225 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 20 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 8 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.