Atnas Efendi

Atnas Efendi was born in Gelibolu in 1855/56 (AH 1272). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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: Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Tekellum.

First work is recorded in Gelibolu in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1878/79, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1878/79, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Gelibolu, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1889/90 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Kırklareli, the salary going from 400 to 455 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Gelibolu). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Keşan, the salary going from 455 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Kırklareli).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1896/97 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 49 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 22 years with a salary the median is 427.5 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 55 kuruş, is seen in 1889/90. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.07 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1899/1900, when 47 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1900/01 (AH 1318): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.