Hamid Efendi

Hamid Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 Istanbul in 1887/88 (AH 1305). 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 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Müvezzi in Babiali, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1909/10 the record shows Posta Memuru in Babiali, the salary going from 450 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Müvezzi in Babiali).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Posta Memuru. 50 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 22 years with a salary the median is 340 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 120 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.46 per cent a year on average.