Mihail Efendi

Mihail Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Memur.

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; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Aleppo in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in İskenderun, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Mersin, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in İskenderun). In 1903/04 the record shows Sef Vekili in Adana, the salary going from 400 to 526 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Mersin).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Sef Vekili. 67 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 12 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 126 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 6.5 per cent a year on average.