Haim Levi Efendi

Haim Levi Efendi was born in Çanakkale in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The record gives the community as Jewish (Musevi), the nationality as Yahudi and the father's occupation as Haham.

Schooling recorded: İdadi Mektebi, with 9 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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Çanakkale in 1903/04 (AH 1321). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 0.5 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 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Muhabere Memuru in Mytilene (Midilli), with 250 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Izmir (İzmir), the salary going from 250 to 150 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mytilene). In 1906/07 the record shows Mühimme Kalemi in Izmir, the salary going from 150 to 285 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Izmir).

The highest salary, 285 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Mühimme Kalemi. 24 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 5 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 135 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.33 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1907/08, when 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.