Kostantin De Martin Efendi

Kostantin De Martin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1837/38 (AH 1253). The record gives the community as Latin Catholic (Latin).

Schooling recorded: Millet Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1859/60 (AH 1276): Telgraf. The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 750 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1860/61, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1860/61, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Kavala, with 750 kuruş a month. In 1864/65 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Mostar, the salary going from 960 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Kavala). In 1866/67 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Aleppo (Halep), the salary going from 1,200 to 1,440 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Mostar). In 1877/78 the record shows Müfettiş in Aleppo, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Aleppo). In 1880/81 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 1,500 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Müfettiş in Aleppo). In 1883/84 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Aleppo, the salary going from 1,200 to 900 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Diyarbakır). In 1885/86 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Mersin, the salary going from 900 to 760 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Aleppo). In 1887/88 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Aleppo, the salary going from 760 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Mersin). In 1901/02 the record shows no title (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Aleppo). No annual entry is recorded for 1879/80 and 1884/85.

The highest salary, 1,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1877/78 as Müfettiş. 88 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 560 kuruş. Over 40 years with a salary the median is 1,100 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and 7 cuts. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1877/78. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.89 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 90 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1906/07 (AH 1324): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.