Ali Kemal Bey

Ali Kemal Bey was born in Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Memur.

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 Istanbul in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 70 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Memur in Istanbul, with 70 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Memur. 50 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 16 years with a salary the median is 362.5 kuruş a month, with 9 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 80 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 14.01 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.