İbrahim Ethem Efendi

İbrahim Ethem Efendi was born in Gerede in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as kolcu.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Tophane in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 15 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1903/04, the official was about 33 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Muhabere Memuru in Bitola (Manastır), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Pogradec (İstarova), the salary going from 300 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bitola).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhabere Memuru. 23 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 4 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 5.9 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 15 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.