Mehmet Cemal Efendi

Mehmet Cemal Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1862/63 (AH 1279). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1881/82, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1881/82, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kavala, with 285 kuruş a month. In 1884/85 the record shows 3. Müdür in Giresun, the salary going from 285 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kavala). In 1885/86 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kadıköy, the salary going from 600 to 400 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Giresun). In 1889/90 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, with 425 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kadıköy). In 1895/96 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, with 475 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu). In 1896/97 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 475 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul). In 1903/04 the record shows Müdür in Al-Faw (Fav), the salary going from 560 to 1,650 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Baghdad (Bağdat), the salary going from 1,650 to 1,350 kuruş a month (before: Müdür in Al-Faw). In 1911/12 the record shows 1. Müdür in Jeddah (Cidde), the salary going from 1,350 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Başmemuru in Baghdad).

The highest salary, 1,650 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Müdür. 95 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 32 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 1,090 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.75 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1911/12, when 56 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.