Mehmet Cevdet Efendi

Mehmet Cevdet Efendi was born in Neapoli (Nasliç) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Neapoli in 1886/87 (AH 1304). 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 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kurukavak, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows 3. Müdür in Heraklion (Kandiye), the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kurukavak). In 1894/95 the record shows 3. Müdür in Malviz, with 600 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Heraklion). In 1895/96 the record shows 3. Müdür in Seciste, the salary going from 600 to 500 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Malviz). In 1902/03 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), the salary going from 500 to 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Seciste).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1893/94 as 3. Müdür. 60 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 14 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 1893/94. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.34 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.