İsmail Remzi Efendi

İsmail Remzi Efendi was born in Yalvaç in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Belediye Meclis Azasi.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Yalvac. 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 Yalvaç in 1885/86 (AH 1303): Telgraf. The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 142 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1886/87, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1886/87, shows Muhabere Memuru in Yalvaç, with 142 kuruş a month. In 1890/91 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Gjirokastër (Ergiri), the salary going from 250 to 345 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Yalvaç). In 1892/93 the record shows Ziraat Bankasi Muhasebe Kitabeti in Gjirokastër, the salary going from 345 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gjirokastër).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Ziraat Bankasi Muhasebe Kitabeti. 29 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 8 years with a salary the median is 297.5 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 108 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 15.95 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1893/94, when 30 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.