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Mehmet Kemal Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

The life of Mehmet Kemal Efendi began in Giresun; the father's occupation was "Gümüşhane Tahrirat Müdürü (emekli)". Mehmet Kemal began work in 1897/98 (AH 1315), on a first salary of 150 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1897/98, names Mehmet Kemal as Tatbik Kalemi kâtibi, with no place.

The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to 800 in 1909/10, the peak, when 61 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak lasted a single year; the next list gives 500 kuruş. In all, 16 years of salary come to 55,560 kuruş, 60 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1911/12.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006008001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 13291911/12AH 1330800 kuruşTatbik Kalemi kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 13291911/12AH 1330This officialMedian, all officials

Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Mehmet Kemal Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1897/9815040010%
1898/9915040010%
1899/190015040010%
1900/0117040013%
1901/0217040013%
1902/0322040020%
1903/0424040521%
1904/0524040021%
1905/0624043022%
1906/0724045021%
1907/0826046028%
1908/0960040061%
1909/1080060061%
1910/1150050044%
19112006005%
1911/123001,0009%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of Mehmet Kemal Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1897/98AH 1315First work150first-salary field
1897 to 1912AH 1315 to 1330Tatbik Kalemi kâtibi
29 entries
YearSalary
1897/98150
1898/99150
1899/1900150
1900/01150
1900/01170
1901/02170
1902/03170
1902/03220
1903/04220
1903/04240
1904/05240
1905/06240
1906/07240
1907/08240
1907/08260
1908/09
1908/09600
1908/09
1909/10385
1909/10800
1909/10100
1909/10500
1910/11100
1910/11500
1910/11
1911100
1911200
1911/12200
1911/12300
150 to 300

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Giresun
Father's occupation
Gümüşhane Tahrirat Müdürü (emekli)

First work

Year
1897/98 (AH 1315)

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same birthplace

Of the 72 officials born in Giresun, 67 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Kemal Efendi had the 11th highest salary of them.

The page of Giresun, with the 72 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), 150 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Kemal Efendi had the 25th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Kemal Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Tatbik Kalemi kâtibiOrman ve Meadin Nezareti, İstanbul150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1898/99AH 1316Tatbik Kalemi kâtibiOrman ve Meadin Nezareti, İstanbul150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1899/1900AH 1317Tatbik Kalemi kâtibiOrman ve Meadin Nezareti, İstanbul150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1900/01AH 1318Tatbik Kalemi kâtibiOrman ve Meadin Nezareti, İstanbul150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1900/01AH 1318Tatbik Kalemi kâtibiOrman ve Meadin Nezareti170Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1901/02AH 1319Tatbik Kalemi kâtibiOrman ve Meadin Nezareti170Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1902/03AH 1320Tatbik Kalemi kâtibiOrman ve Meadin Nezareti170Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1902/03AH 1320Tatbik Kalemi kâtibiOrman ve Meadin Nezareti220Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1903/04AH 1321Tatbik Kalemi kâtibiOrman ve Meadin Nezareti220Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1903/04AH 1321Tatbik Kalemi kâtibiOrman ve Meadin Nezareti240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1904/05AH 1322Tatbik Kalemi kâtibiOrman ve Meadin Nezareti240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1905/06AH 1323Tatbik Kalemi kâtibiOrman ve Meadin Nezareti240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1906/07AH 1324Tatbik Kalemi kâtibiOrman ve Meadin Nezareti240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1907/08AH 1325Tatbik Kalemi kâtibiOrman ve Meadin Nezareti240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1907/08AH 1325Tatbik Kalemi kâtibiOrman ve Meadin Nezareti260Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1908/09AH 1326Tatbik Kalemi kâtibiOrman ve Meadin NezaretiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1908/09AH 1326Tatbik Kalemi kâtibiOrman ve Meadin Nezareti600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1908/09AH 1326malumat-ı ziraiye muallimi (İnfisal)Üsküdar İdadisiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1909/10AH 1327kadro harici (mazul) (İnfisal)385Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1909/10AH 1327Sanayi Mektebi memuruSanayi Mektebi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1909/10AH 1327ilm-i iktisat hocasıSanayi Mektebi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1909/10AH 1327kimya hocasıÜsküdar İdadisi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1910/11AH 1328ilm-i iktisat hocasıSanayi Mektebi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1910/11AH 1328kimya hocasıÜsküdar İdadisi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1910/11AH 1328kimya hocası (İnfisal)Üsküdar İdadisiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1911AH 1329ilm-i iktisat hocasıSanayi Mektebi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1911AH 1329ilm-i iktisat hocasıSanayi Mektebi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1911/12AH 1330ilm-i iktisat hocasıSanayi Mektebi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records173 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61.
1911/12AH 1330iktisat ve coğrafya hocasıSanayi Mektebi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 72/61
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of Mehmet Kemal Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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