Unnamed official (0156_0137;271)

This official, whose name is not recorded, was born in Istanbul in 1885/86 (AH 1303). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

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: English, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Italian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Beyoğlu in 1901/02 (AH 1319). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1904/05, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1904/05, shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Hevk Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad (Bağdat), the salary going from 300 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu).

The highest salary, 1,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Hevk Muhabere Memuru. 93 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 2 years with a salary the median is 900 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 1,200 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 400 per cent a year on average.