Mehmet Kemal Efendi

Mehmet Kemal Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1870/71 (AH 1287). 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 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 1886/87 (AH 1304). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 30 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 30 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Başkitabet in Istanbul, the salary going from 510 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1909/10 the record shows Başmemur in Istanbul, the salary going from 800 to 1,300 kuruş a month (before: Başkitabet in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 1,300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Başmemur. 78 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 21 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 11 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 20.74 per cent a year on average.