Mehmet Cemil Efendi

Mehmet Cemil Efendi was born in Diyarbakır in 1852/53 (AH 1269). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Ketebe.

Schooling recorded: Adliye 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Diyarbakır in 1868/69 (AH 1285): Mektubi Kalemi. 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 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1876/77, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1876/77, shows Mektubi Kalemi in Diyarbakır, with 100 kuruş a month. In 1877/78 the record shows Memur in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 100 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Mektubi Kalemi in Diyarbakır). In 1879/80 the record shows Aşar Memuru in Diyarbakır, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Memur in Diyarbakır).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1877/78 as Memur. 8 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 560 kuruş. Over 5 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1877/78. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 31.61 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1879/80, when 16 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.