Ömer Lütfü Efendi

Ömer Lütfü Efendi was born in Nevşehir in 1863/64 (AH 1280). 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 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 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 28 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 31 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Konya, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kırşehir, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Konya). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ankara, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kırşehir). In 1899/1900 the record shows Posta Memuru in Kırşehir, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ankara). In 1906/07 the record shows Posta Memuru in Ereğli, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Kırşehir).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 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 13 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.43 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 39 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.