İbrahim Behcet Efendi

İbrahim Behcet Efendi was born in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish. By-name or family epithet as recorded: Karakaszade.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Arabic, with asina; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Didymoteicho in 1875/76 (AH 1292): Telgraf. The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1875/76, the official was about 14 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1875/76, shows Memur in Didymoteicho, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1879/80 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Didymoteicho, the salary going from 150 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Didymoteicho). In 1880/81 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi Zabit Kitabeti Muavinligi in Didymoteicho, the salary going from 250 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Didymoteicho). No annual entry is recorded for 1877 to 1878.

The highest salary, 450 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1880/81 as Bidayet Mahkemesi Zabit Kitabeti Muavinligi. 42 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 5 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1880/81. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 20.09 per cent a year on average.