Hüseyin Efendi

Hüseyin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as simendifer Amelesi.

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 1901/02 (AH 1319). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Ittihat Posta Memuru in Sirkeci, with 200 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Ittihat Posta Memuru. 25 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 6 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.45 per cent a year on average.