İSTEFAN VELED-İ NİKOLAYİDİ EFENDİ

İSTEFAN VELED-İ NİKOLAYİDİ EFENDİ was born in Konya in 1872/73 (AH 1289). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum) and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Rum 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 Konya in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 18 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 1893/94, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Antalya, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Adana, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Antalya). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Konya, the salary going from 400 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Adana).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhabere Memuru. 51 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 11 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.24 per cent a year on average.