Mehmet Hamdi Efe

Mehmet Hamdi Efe was born in Niš (Niş) in 1881/82 (AH 1299). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ketebe.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Kavala in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 9 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 1895/96, the official was about 14 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Gotse Delchev (Nevrekop), with 400 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Izmir (İzmir), the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gotse Delchev). In 1901/02 the record shows 3. Müdür in Prizren, the salary going from 380 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Izmir). In 1905/06 the record shows 3. Müdür in Bihcova, the salary going from 600 to 500 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Prizren). No annual entry is recorded for 1898 to 1901.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as 3. Müdür. 67 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 8 years with a salary the median is 550 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 220 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.26 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 50 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.