Cemal Süleyman Efendi

Cemal Süleyman Efendi was born in Gebze in 1877/78 (AH 1294). 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 Gebze in 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Muhabere Memuru in Gebze, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1906/07 the record shows Sube Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 300 to 200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Gebze).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as Muhabere Memuru. 18 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 7 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 6.53 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 10 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.