Ömer Hilmi Efendi

Ömer Hilmi Efendi was born in Tosya in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in 1896/97 (AH 1314). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1906/07, the official was about 31 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1906/07, shows Posta Memuru in Bursa, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1907/08 the record shows Sube Memuru in Şehzadebaşı, the salary going from 250 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Bursa).

The highest salary, 250 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Posta Memuru. 15 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 2 years with a salary the median is 225 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 20 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1907/08, when 18 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.