Mehmet Cemalettin Efendi

Mehmet Cemalettin Efendi was born in Safranbolu in 1866/67 (AH 1283). 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 Safranbolu in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1887/88, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1887/88, shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 300 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 300 to 450 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1895/96 the record shows 3. Müdür in Vezirköprü, the salary going from 485 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1895/96 as 3. Müdür. 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 10 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1893/94. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 5.84 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1896/97, when 49 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.