İbrahim Salim Efendi

İbrahim Salim Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Ketebe.

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; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1897/98, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1897/98, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1900/01 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 100 to 150 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Samsun, the salary going from 150 to 495 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Beyoğlu).

The highest salary, 495 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 50 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 150 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 345 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 46.53 per cent a year on average.