Cevdet Efendi

Cevdet Efendi was born in Ioannina (Yanya) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Mufettisi.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Karadeniz Ereğli in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Karadeniz Ereğli, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), the salary going from 400 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Karadeniz Ereğli). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Heybeliada, the salary going from 200 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Afyonkarahisar). In 1906/07 the record shows 3. Müdür in Maltepe, the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Heybeliada). No annual entry is recorded for 1904/05.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as 3. Müdür. 65 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 11 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.75 per cent a year on average.