Şemseddin Kamil Efendi

Şemseddin Kamil Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1878 (AH 1295). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaymakam.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1893/94 (AH 1311). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Kontrol Kalemi in Konya, the salary going from 160 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Kontrol Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Kontrol Kalemi. 38 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 11 years with a salary the median is 150 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 240 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 23.11 per cent a year on average.