Mehmet Cemalettin Efendi

Mehmet Cemalettin Efendi was born in Pristina (Priştine) in 1876/77 (AH 1293). 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: Bulgarian, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Skopje (Üsküp) in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1896/97, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1896/97, shows Muhabere Memuru in Prizren, with 285 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Skopje, the salary going from 285 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Prizren). In 1899/1900 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sjenica (Seniçe), the salary going from 300 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Skopje). In 1901/02 the record shows 3. Müdür in Preševo (Preşova), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sjenica). In 1903/04 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Kosova, with 500 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Preševo).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Muhabere Memuru. 47 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 8 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 8.36 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.