Hüseyin Efendi

Hüseyin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

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 Istanbul in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 315 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Muhabere Memuru in Heraklion (Kandiye), with 315 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), the salary going from 345 to 495 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Heraklion). In 1901/02 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Ioannina, the salary going from 495 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina).

The highest salary, 540 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Merkez Memuru. 60 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 14 years with a salary the median is 495 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.23 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.