Yani Mandalisidis Efendi

Yani Mandalisidis Efendi was born in Çanakkale in 1878/79 (AH 1296). 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: English, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1901/02 (AH 1319). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Al-Faw (Fav), the salary going from 200 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu).

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhabere 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 475 kuruş. Over 7 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 23.22 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1907/08, when 76 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.