Halil Recai Efendi

Halil Recai Efendi was born in Trabzon in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ketebe.

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; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Samsun in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 4 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 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 400 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Muhabere Memuru. 30 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 11 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 4.59 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 14 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.