Benjamin Kohen Efendi

Benjamin Kohen Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1852/53 (AH 1269). The record gives the community as Jewish (Musevi), the nationality as Yahudi and the father's occupation as Haham.

Schooling recorded: Kamanto Mektebi, with 7 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 Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1867/68 (AH 1284). 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 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1871/72, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1871/72, shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sirkeci, with 562 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu).

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Muhabere Memuru. 76 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 33 years with a salary the median is 550 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1876/77. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.93 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 75 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.