Ohannes Efendi

Ohannes Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1848/49 (AH 1265). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni).

Schooling recorded: Ermeni Millet Mektebi (Armenian community school), 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: Armenian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 385 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Makine Memuru in Üsküdar, with 385 kuruş a month. In 1869/70 the record shows Makine Memuru in Aleppo (Halep), the salary going from 385 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Makine Memuru in Üsküdar).

The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1888/89 as Makine Memuru. 73 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 35 years with a salary the median is 600 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1888/89. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.64 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1901/02, when 74 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.