Bayram Hulusi Efendi

Bayram Hulusi Efendi was born in Durrës (Dıraç) in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as cavus.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Durrës in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Posta Memuru in Shkodër (İşkodra), with 200 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Posta Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 200 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Shkodër). In 1899/1900 the record shows Posta Memuru in Kastaran, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Thessaloniki).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1898/99 as Posta Memuru. 19 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 4 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 14.47 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1899/1900, when 18 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.