Halit Efendi

Halit Efendi was born in Kastoria (Kesriye) in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Kastoria in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Muhabere Memuru in Korçë (Görice), with 200 kuruş a month. In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 200 to 100 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Korçë). In 1900/01 the record shows Posta Memuru in Bursa, the salary going from 100 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1898/99.

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Posta Memuru. 31 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 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 14.87 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 33 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.