Mehmet Cemalettin Efendi

Mehmet Cemalettin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ketebe.

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 Kastamonu in 1883/84 (AH 1301). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1885/86, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1885/86, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kastamonu, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1887/88 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Giresun, the salary going from 200 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kastamonu). In 1888/89 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Tripoli (Trablusgarp), the salary going from 380 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Giresun). In 1892/93 the record shows 2. Müdür in Fasatu, the salary going from 800 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Tripoli). In 1893/94 the record shows 2. Müdür in Misrata, with 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Fasatu). No annual entry is recorded for 1886/87.

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as 2. Müdür. 87 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 11 years with a salary the median is 800 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 420 kuruş, is seen in 1888/89. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 14.65 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 88 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.