Frangül Terziyan Efendi

Frangül Terziyan Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni) 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1884/85, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1884/85, shows Posta Memuru in Galata, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1887/88 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Skopje (Üsküp), the salary going from 200 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Galata). In 1891/92 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 750 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Skopje). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Vlorë (Avlonya), the salary going from 750 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Thessaloniki). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Izmir (İzmir), with 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Vlorë). No annual entry is recorded for 1892 to 1900.

The highest salary, 750 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1887/88 as Seyyar Memur. 73 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 14 years with a salary the median is 540 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 550 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.94 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 65 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.