Dikran Artinyan Efendi

Dikran Artinyan Efendi was born in Gelibolu 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: Armenian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Kavala in 1885/86 (AH 1303). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 6 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 390 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 390 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Kavala, the salary going from 390 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki). In 1894/95 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 300 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Kavala). In 1904/05 the record shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Skopje (Üsküp), the salary going from 330 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Thessaloniki).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Ittihat Posta Memuru. 52 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 14 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 170 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.93 per cent a year on average.