Halil Danyal Efendi

Halil Danyal Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

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 Istanbul in 1899/1900 (AH 1317). 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 140 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Sube Memuru in Koprubasi, with 140 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Sube Memuru in Galata, the salary going from 140 to 190 kuruş a month (before: Sube Memuru in Koprubasi).

The highest salary, 320 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Sube Memuru. 34 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 7 years with a salary the median is 230 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 70 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 14.77 per cent a year on average.