İstapan Parunaki Efendi

İstapan Parunaki Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni).

Schooling recorded: Mekteb-i Sultani, with 12 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; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Kastamonu in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1873/74, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1873/74, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kastamonu, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1876/77 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tarsus, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kastamonu). In 1877/78 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Arnavutkoy, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tarsus). In 1878 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kanlıca, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Arnavutkoy). In 1879/80 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 600 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kanlıca). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 500 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu). In 1889/90 the record shows Mevrude Memuru in Galata, the salary going from 800 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1878/79 and 1888/89.

The highest salary, 1,550 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Mevrude Memuru. 95 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 31 years with a salary the median is 800 kuruş a month, with 11 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1880/81. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.6 per cent a year on average.