Hüseyin Memduh Bey

Hüseyin Memduh Bey was born in Istanbul in 1878 (AH 1295). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Bagdat Duyunu Umumiye Naziri.

Schooling recorded: İdadi Mektebi, with 9 years of schooling recorded, at a place worded Besiktas. The record marks a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1899/1900 (AH 1317): Nafia Nezareti. The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 20 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1899/1900, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1899/1900, shows Ticaret Kalemi in Istanbul, with 20 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Havalename Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 20 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Ticaret Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 425 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Havalename Kalemi. 47 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 8 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 380 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 54.75 per cent a year on average.