Agop Efendi

Agop Efendi was born in Izmir (İzmir) in 1845/46 (AH 1262). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum).

Schooling recorded: Rum Mektebi, 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: English, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Izmir in 1865/66 (AH 1282): Adliye. The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1865/66, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1865/66, shows Ticaret Mahkemesi Mukayyitligi in Izmir, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1868/69 the record shows no title (before: Ticaret Mahkemesi Mukayyitligi in Izmir). In 1872/73 the record shows Ticaret Mahkemesi Kitabeti in Istanbul, with 1,100 kuruş a month (before: no title). In 1874/75 the record shows Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 1,100 to 1,600 kuruş a month (before: Ticaret Mahkemesi Kitabeti in Istanbul). In 1877/78 the record shows no title (before: Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi in Thessaloniki). In 1878 the record shows Mahkeme Azasi, with 1,500 kuruş a month (before: no title). In 1878/79 the record shows Mahkeme Azasi in Izmir, the salary going from 1,500 to 1,100 kuruş a month (before: Mahkeme Azasi). In 1879/80 the record shows 2. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti in Canik, the salary going from 1,100 to 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Mahkeme Azasi in Izmir). In 1885/86 the record shows Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi in Izmir, the salary going from 2,000 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti in Canik). In 1887/88 the record shows no title (before: Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi in Izmir). The title field holds the status words İstifa for 1867/68 and Azil for 1876/77.

The highest salary, 2,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1879/80 as 2. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti. 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 16 years with a salary the median is 1,550 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 900 kuruş, is seen in 1879/80. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.59 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1886/87, when 91 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.