Kostantin Nikolidi Efendi

Kostantin Nikolidi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum).

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; Turkish, with Tekellum.

First work is recorded in Pristina (Priştine) in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1880/81, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1880/81, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Pristina, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1883/84 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Erzurum, the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Pristina). In 1884/85 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tarabya, the salary going from 600 to 285 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Erzurum).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1883/84 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 59 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 17 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1883/84. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 0.74 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 44 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.