Mehmet Cemalettin Efendi

Mehmet Cemalettin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1868/69 (AH 1285). 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 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 Trabzon in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 100 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1885/86, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1885/86, shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1886/87 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon, the salary going from 100 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu). In 1887/88 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 400 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Trabzon). In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa), the salary going from 300 to 700 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu). In 1889/90 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Skopje (Üsküp), the salary going from 700 to 750 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Svilengrad). In 1890/91 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 750 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Skopje). 3 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1895/96 the record shows 1. Müdür in Jerusalem (Kudüs), the salary going from 1,000 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Mersin). In 1896/97 the record shows 2. Müdür in Jerusalem, the salary going from 1,200 to 990 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Jerusalem). In 1899/1900 the record shows 2. Müdür in Sirkeci, the salary going from 990 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Jerusalem). In 1900/01 the record shows 1. Müdür in Sirkeci, the salary going from 1,000 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Sirkeci). In 1906/07 the record shows Müdür in Galata, the salary going from 1,200 to 1,650 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Sirkeci). No annual entry is recorded for 1902 to 1906.

The highest salary, 1,650 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Müdür. 94 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 18 years with a salary the median is 870 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 500 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 14.28 per cent a year on average.