Mustafa Cemal Efendi

Mustafa Cemal Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1847/48 (AH 1264). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Binbasi.

Schooling recorded: Rüşdiye Mektebi, with 7 years of schooling recorded. The personnel records also mark the telegraph school. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1866/67 (AH 1283). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 184 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1868/69, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1868/69, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 184 kuruş a month. In 1891/92 the record shows Basmemur Muavini in Istanbul, the salary going from 700 to 755 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1897/98 the record shows 2. Müdür in Eyüpsultan, the salary going from 875 to 900 kuruş a month (before: Basmemur Muavini in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 900 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as 2. Müdür. 88 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 37 years with a salary the median is 700 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 215 kuruş, is seen in 1872/73. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.51 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 84 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.