Mehmed Halid Efendi

Mehmed Halid Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293). 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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 12 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1887/88, the official was about 12 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1887/88, shows Tahrir Memuru in Yeni camii postanesi, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Mevrude Memuru in Yeni camii postanesi, the salary going from 150 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Tahrir Memuru in Yeni camii postanesi).

The highest salary, 220 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as Mevrude Memuru. 12 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 8 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 11.92 per cent a year on average.