Hüseyin Efendi

Hüseyin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. 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 1885/86 (AH 1303). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 170 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1886/87, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1886/87, shows Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi in Istanbul, with 170 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Müdür Muavini in Istanbul, the salary going from 760 to 1,135 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1909/10 the record shows Kontrol Kalemi Muduru in Istanbul, the salary going from 1,500 to 2,500 kuruş a month (before: Müdür Muavini in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 2,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Kontrol Kalemi Muduru. 89 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 24 years with a salary the median is 1,060.5 kuruş a month, with 12 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 1,000 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 12.4 per cent a year on average.