Mehmet Celal Efendi

Mehmet Celal Efendi was born in Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener) in 1851/52 (AH 1268). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 years of schooling recorded. The record marks no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1888/89 (AH 1306). The official was then about 37 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 37 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Thessaloniki, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1898/99 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 350 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Thessaloniki). In 1901/02 the record shows Kartpostal Memuru in Thessaloniki, the salary going from 600 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Thessaloniki). In 1903/04 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Thessaloniki, with 540 kuruş a month (before: Kartpostal Memuru in Thessaloniki).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1898/99 as Muhasebe Kalemi. 72 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 17 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 250 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.74 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.