Kosti Efendi

Kosti Efendi was born in Nevşehir in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The record gives the community as Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum).

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; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Müvezzi in Sarıyer, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muvassil in Tarabya, with 200 kuruş a month (before: Müvezzi in Sarıyer). In 1900/01 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Büyükdere, the salary going from 200 to 310 kuruş a month (before: Muvassil in Tarabya). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 310 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Büyükdere).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 38 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 14 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 110 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.48 per cent a year on average.