Yuvanaki İstavridis Efendi

Yuvanaki İstavridis Efendi was born in Izmir (İzmir) in 1867/68 (AH 1284). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

Schooling recorded: Millet Mektebi, with 4 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; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Izmir in 1896/97 (AH 1314). The official was then about 29 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1898/99, the official was about 31 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1898/99, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Çanakkale, with 380 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 380 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Çanakkale). In 1902/03 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Izmir, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 50 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 8 years with a salary the median is 390 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4 per cent a year on average.