Mehmet Muhittin Efendi

Mehmet Muhittin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294). 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 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Muhabere Memuru in Sancaktepe, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 200 to 120 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sancaktepe).

The highest salary, 200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Muhabere Memuru. 8 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 5 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 30 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 6.94 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 5 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.