Daron Naçhan Efendi

Daron Naçhan Efendi was born in Çanakkale in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Jewish (Musevi), the nationality as Yahudi 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; Italian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Beyoğlu in 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1898/99, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1898/99, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 500 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Bitola (Manastır), the salary going from 400 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu). In 1906/07 the record shows Posta Sefi in Vlorë (Avlonya), the salary going from 540 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Bitola).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Posta Sefi. 78 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 9 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 260 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.05 per cent a year on average.