İbrahim Ethem Efendi

İbrahim Ethem Efendi was born in Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as ciftci.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Karacabey (Mihaliç) in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhabere Memuru in Malazgirt, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Chania (Hanya), the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Malazgirt). In 1896/97 the record shows 1. Müdür in Chania, the salary going from 500 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Chania). In 1898/99 the record shows 1. Müdür in Ioannina (Yanya), with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Chania). In 1899/1900 the record shows Müfettiş Muavini in Ankara, with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Ioannina).

The highest salary, 1,200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1896/97 as 1. Müdür. 93 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 9 years with a salary the median is 1,200 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 700 kuruş, is seen in 1896/97. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 14.72 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 91 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.