Dikran Efendi

Dikran Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1844/45 (AH 1260). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) and the father's occupation as Yazici.

Schooling recorded: Ermeni Millet Mektebi (Armenian community school), with 4 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Hakoy. 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 Istanbul in 1861/62 (AH 1278): Telgraf. The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1865/66, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1865/66, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, with 380 kuruş a month. In 1866/67 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Ruse (Rusçuk), the salary going from 380 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul). In 1868/69 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Sulina (Sünne), the salary going from 600 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Ruse). In 1871/72 the record shows Hilal-i Ahmer, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Sulina). No annual entry is recorded for 1870/71.

The highest salary, 1,400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1871/72 as Hilal-i Ahmer. 88 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 550 kuruş. Over 6 years with a salary the median is 700 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 400 kuruş, is seen in 1871/72. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 24.28 per cent a year on average.