İbrahim Ethem Efendi

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

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Bulgarian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Ankara in 1899/1900 (AH 1317). The official was then about 29 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 31 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Nakliye Memuru in Edirne, with 380 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Nakliye Memuru in Eskişehir, the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Nakliye Memuru in Edirne). In 1906/07 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Eskişehir, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Nakliye Memuru in Eskişehir).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Seyyar Memur. 51 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 6 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.64 per cent a year on average.