Hüseyin Hüsnü

Hüseyin Hüsnü was born in Elazığ in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Hademe.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 30 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Mersule Memuru in Galata, with 30 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Mevrude Memuru in Galata, the salary going from 30 to 60 kuruş a month (before: Mersule Memuru in Galata). In 1897/98 the record shows Mersule Memuru in Galata, the salary going from 60 to 120 kuruş a month (before: Mevrude Memuru in Galata).

The highest salary, 330 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Mersule Memuru. 32 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 11 years with a salary the median is 200 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 60 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 27.1 per cent a year on average.