Mehmet Hüsamettin Efendi

Mehmet Hüsamettin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Memur.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1893/94 (AH 1311). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 130 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 15 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, with 130 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Hereke, the salary going from 200 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul). In 1902/03 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Cide, the salary going from 300 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Hereke).

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 87 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 10 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 700 kuruş, is seen in 1902/03. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 25.44 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 87 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.