AHMET NEDİM EFEN

AHMET NEDİM EFEN was born in Mosul (Musul). The records give birth years from 1879 to 1883 (AH 1297 to 1300). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Belediye Memuru.

The record names 2 schools: the wording Hususi Muallim in the school field, which names no school; Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Persian, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Mosul. The records give first-work years from 1894 to 1900 (AH 1312 to 1317). The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month.

The first annual entry, for 1899/1900 (AH 1317), shows Posta Memuru in Baghdad (Bağdat), with 200 kuruş a month. In 1902/03 the record shows Posta Memuru in Shkodër (İşkodra), the salary going from 400 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Baghdad). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Lezhë (Leş), the salary going from 200 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Shkodër). No annual entry is recorded for 1901/02.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhabere Memuru. 67 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 4 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 400 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 31.61 per cent a year on average.