Mehmet Halit Efendi

Mehmet Halit Efendi was born in Kizilhisar in 1885/86 (AH 1303). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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: French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Denizli in 1896/97 (AH 1314). The official was then about 11 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1903/04, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Muhabere Memuru in Al-Khums (Hums), with 250 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tripoli (Trablusgarp), the salary going from 250 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Al-Khums).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhabere Memuru. 78 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 3 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 550 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 78.89 per cent a year on average.