Yanko Efendi

Yanko Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1865/66 (AH 1282). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Eczaci.

Schooling recorded: Mekteb-i Mahsusa (special 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: Arabic, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Italian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Aleppo in 1883/84 (AH 1301). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Posta Memuru in İskenderun, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Shkodër (İşkodra), the salary going from 300 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in İskenderun). In 1893/94 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Bursa, the salary going from 800 to 825 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Shkodër). In 1900/01 the record shows 2. Müdür in Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç), with 742 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Bursa). No annual entry is recorded for 1890 to 1892.

The highest salary, 825 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1893/94 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru. 85 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 11 years with a salary the median is 742 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.84 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 79 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.