Serkiz Hastayan Efendi

Serkiz Hastayan Efendi was born in Erzurum in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as ciftci.

Schooling recorded: Ermeni Millet Mektebi (Armenian community school), 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: Armenian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 15 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Posta Memuru in Galata, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1889/90 the record shows Posta Memuru in Sirkeci, the salary going from 50 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Galata). In 1890/91 the record shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Galata, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Sirkeci). In 1901/02 the record shows Tefrik Odası in Istanbul, with 420 kuruş a month (before: Ittihat Posta Memuru in Galata). In 1902/03 the record shows Tefrik Odası in Sirkeci, with 420 kuruş a month (before: Tefrik Odası in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 450 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Tefrik Odası. 47 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 16 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1889/90. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 15.78 per cent a year on average.