Dimitraki Çenberli Efendi

Dimitraki Çenberli Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1852/53 (AH 1269). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Tuccar.

Schooling recorded: Rum Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 Tekellum.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The official was then about 23 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 1878/79, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1878/79, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Tekirdağ, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Büyükdere, the salary going from 400 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Tekirdağ). In 1892/93 the record shows 2. Müdür in Büyükdere, the salary going from 800 to 900 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Büyükdere).

The highest salary, 1,110 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as 2. Müdür. 90 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 29 years with a salary the median is 810 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1884/85. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.71 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 90 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.