İskarlato Roskoviç Efendi

İskarlato Roskoviç Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) 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: French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1881/82, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1881/82, shows Mevrude Memuru in Galata, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1882/83 the record shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Heraklion (Kandiye), the salary going from 200 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Mevrude Memuru in Galata). In 1889/90 the record shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Izmir (İzmir), with 750 kuruş a month (before: Ittihat Posta Memuru in Heraklion).

The highest salary, 850 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1894/95 as Ittihat Posta Memuru. 85 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 20 years with a salary the median is 765 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1882/83. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.32 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 81 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.