İbrahim efendi

İbrahim efendi was born in Pazar (Atina) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Hacegan.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration).

First work is recorded in Kadıköy in 1896/97 (AH 1314). The official was then about 28 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 140 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 32 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Posta Memuru in Kadıköy, with 140 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows Havalename Kalemi in Kadıköy, the salary going from 150 to 240 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Kadıköy). In 1905/06 the record shows Havalename Kalemi in Haydarpaşa, with 240 kuruş a month (before: Havalename Kalemi in Kadıköy).

The highest salary, 240 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Havalename Kalemi. 14 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 6 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 90 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 11.38 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 14 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.