Antas Efendi

Antas Efendi was born in Izmir (İzmir) in 1865/66 (AH 1282). 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: French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Italian, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Izmir in 1888/89 (AH 1306): Posta. The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 350 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Posta Memuru in Izmir, with 350 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Egitim in Fransa, the salary going from 450 to 4,500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Izmir). In 1896/97 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Izmir, the salary going from 2,500 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Egitim in Fransa). In 1897/98 the record shows Müfettiş Muavini in Aydın, the salary going from 540 to 710 kuruş a month (before: Merkez Memuru in Izmir).

The highest salary, 4,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as Egitim. 99 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 19 years with a salary the median is 1,035 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 4,050 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.46 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 88 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.