Bogos Hayifyan Efendi

Bogos Hayifyan Efendi was born in Diyarbakır in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni).

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: Armenian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Diyarbakır in 1880/81 (AH 1298): Tahrirat Kalemi. The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1880/81, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1880/81, shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Diyarbakır, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1882/83 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Diyarbakır, with 250 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Diyarbakır). In 1892/93 the record shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Diyarbakır). In 1893/94 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Vlorë (Avlonya), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Ittihat Posta Memuru in Ioannina). In 1895/96 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Vlorë). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Crete (Girit), the salary going from 600 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Izmir (İzmir), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Crete). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 500 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Izmir). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Vlorë, the salary going from 400 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 59 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 26 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1885/86. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.13 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 62 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.