Halil Efendi

Halil Efendi was born in Erzurum in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 1882/83 (AH 1300): Polis. The official was then about 25 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1882/83, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1882/83, shows Polis in Beyoğlu, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1890/91 the record shows Tatar in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 300 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Polis in Beyoğlu). In 1897/98 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Eskişehir, the salary going from 600 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Tatar in Thessaloniki). No annual entry is recorded for 1883 to 1890 and 1896/97.

The highest salary, 675 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Seyyar Memur. 74 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 15 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1890/91. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.75 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 74 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1905/06 (AH 1323): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.