Ömer Neşet Efendi

Ömer Neşet Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Mekteb-i Sultani, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1887/88, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1887/88, shows Posta Memuru in Galata, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Mersule Memuru in Galata, the salary going from 200 to 280 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Galata). In 1896/97 the record shows Posta Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 280 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Mersule Memuru in Galata). In 1902/03 the record shows Posta Memuru in Ortaköy, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Istanbul). In 1904/05 the record shows Mekâtib Memuru in Galata, the salary going from 500 to 640 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Ortaköy).

The highest salary, 650 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Mekâtib 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 20 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 6 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 140 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.02 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 70 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.