Avadis Şalcıyan Efendi

Avadis Şalcıyan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1846/47 (AH 1263). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Mekteb-i Mahsusa (special school), 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: English, with Tekellum; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Tekellum.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 250 to 384 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul). In 1870/71 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, with 384 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu). In 1884/85 the record shows 2. Müdür in Tarabya, with 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1876/77 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 77 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 582.5 kuruş. Over 35 years with a salary the median is 800 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1873/74. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.48 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 81 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.