Andon İzekiyan Efendi

Andon İzekiyan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Fransız Mektebi (French school), with 7 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: Armenian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Tekellum.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 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 Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Izmir (İzmir), with 380 kuruş a month. In 1882/83 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 380 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Izmir). No annual entry is recorded for 1881/82.

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 73 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 29 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 14 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.39 per cent a year on average.