Arisdakis Efendi

Arisdakis Efendi was born in Adana in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Belediye Muduru.

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; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Adana in 1878/79 (AH 1296): Telgraf. The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1879/80, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1879/80, shows Muhabere Memuru in Tarsus, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Bidayet Mahkemesi in Adana, the salary going from 250 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tarsus).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1880/81 as Bidayet Mahkemesi. 15 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 2 years with a salary the median is 275 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1880/81. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 20 per cent a year on average.