Hüseyin Hulusi Efendi

Hüseyin Hulusi Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 Bursa in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1894/95, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1894/95, shows Muhabere Memuru in Havran, with 285 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Homs (Humus), the salary going from 285 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Havran). In 1899/1900 the record shows 3. Müdür in Glavenice, the salary going from 400 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Homs). In 1900/01 the record shows 3. Müdür in Semsekeyn, the salary going from 600 to 540 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Glavenice). In 1902/03 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Beirut (Beyrut), the salary going from 540 to 700 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Semsekeyn).

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Başmüdür Kitabeti. 75 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 9 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 11.89 per cent a year on average.