Mehmet Bahattin Efendi

Mehmet Bahattin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kurena.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Besiktas. 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 Edirne in 1890/91 (AH 1308): Reji Kalemi. The official was then about 27 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1890/91, the official was about 27 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1890/91, shows Reji Memuru in Edirne, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1891/92 the record shows Reji Memuru, the salary going from 300 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Reji Memuru in Edirne). In 1893/94 the record shows Reji Memuru in Lüleburgaz, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Reji Memuru). In 1897/98 the record shows Posta Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 600 to 50 kuruş a month (before: Reji Memuru in Lüleburgaz). No annual entry is recorded for 1894 to 1897.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Reji Memuru. 59 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 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1891/92. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 22.58 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1897/98, when less than 1 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.