Mehmed Hilmi Efendi

Mehmed Hilmi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

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 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 40 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 40 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 690 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Muhabere Memuru. 75 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 300 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 320 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 21.05 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 65 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.