Mehmet Fehmi Efendi

Mehmet Fehmi Efendi was born in Prilep (Pirlepe) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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 Krusova in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 12 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Elbasan (İlbasan), with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1902/03 the record shows 3. Müdür in Lusna, the salary going from 300 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Elbasan). In 1904/05 the record shows 3. Müdür in Noviska, with 500 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Lusna). In 1906/07 the record shows 3. Müdür in Suşehri, with 500 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Noviska).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as 3. Müdür. 49 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 10 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.84 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.