Anastaş Efendi

Anastaş Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1899/1900 (AH 1317). The official was then about 18 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 1902/03, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 400 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 400 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 33 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 4 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 14.5 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.