Hüseyin Seyfeddin Efendi

Hüseyin Seyfeddin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1886/87 (AH 1304). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as yuzbasi.

Schooling recorded: the wording Hususi Muallim in the school field, which names no school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) in 1907/08 (AH 1325). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1909/10, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1909/10, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1910/11 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sapanca, the salary going from 200 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1910/11 as Muhabere Memuru. 14 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 2 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1910/11. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 50 per cent a year on average.