Lui Varon Efendi

Lui Varon Efendi was born in Çanakkale in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Jewish (Musevi), the nationality as Yahudi and the father's occupation as doktor.

Schooling recorded: Millet Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

First work is recorded in Giresun in 1902/03 (AH 1320). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives 1 year 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 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Bitola (Manastır), with 250 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 250 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Bitola).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru. 23 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 4 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.27 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 25 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.