Mehmet Hamdi Efendi

Mehmet Hamdi Efendi was born in Beypazarı in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 600 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Seyyar Memur in Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener), with 600 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Mevrude Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 600 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Larissa). In 1901/02 the record shows Kartpostal Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Mevrude Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as Seyyar Memur. 73 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 5 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 9.64 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 32 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.