Edvar Galyar Efendi

Edvar Galyar Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1848/49 (AH 1265). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Kitapci.

Schooling recorded: Rum Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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; Italian, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 350 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1871/72, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1871/72, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 350 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 440 to 465 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1909/10 the record shows Memur in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 550 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Sevk Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Memur. 66 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 40 years with a salary the median is 450 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.14 per cent a year on average.