Mustafa Nahit Efendi

Mustafa Nahit Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaymakam.

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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 15 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Huk Memuru in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 350 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu).

The highest salary, 650 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Huk Memuru. 71 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 12 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 18.55 per cent a year on average.