Halil İbrahim Efendi

Halil İbrahim Efendi was born in Çanakkale in 1886/87 (AH 1304). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as meclis azası.

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 Çanakkale in 1904/05 (AH 1322). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1905/06, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1905/06, shows Posta Memuru in Drama, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1906/07 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Çanakkale, the salary going from 200 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Drama).

The highest salary, 380 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 2 years with a salary the median is 290 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 180 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 90 per cent a year on average.