İSAK SOLAM EFENDİ

İSAK SOLAM EFENDİ was born in Istanbul in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Jewish (Musevi), the nationality as Yahudi and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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; Italian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Beyoğlu in 1901/02 (AH 1319). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 100 to 480 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 480 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki).

The highest salary, 480 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 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 5 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 380 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 41.42 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.