Hacı Ahmet Lütfü Efendi

Hacı Ahmet Lütfü Efendi was born in Sohun in 1869/70 (AH 1286). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan 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: Arabic, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Tripoli (Trablusgarp) in 1890/91 (AH 1308): Matbaa Kalemi. The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1890/91, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1890/91, shows Matbaa Memuru in Tripoli, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Tasdik Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 350 to 140 kuruş a month (before: Matbaa Memuru in Tripoli). In 1899/1900 the record shows Posta Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 140 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Tasdik Memuru in Istanbul). In 1904/05 the record shows Evrak Kalemi in Istanbul, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Istanbul). No annual entry is recorded for 1893 to 1895.

The highest salary, 350 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Matbaa Memuru. 22 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 13 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1900/01. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 23 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.