Mehmet Cemil Bey

Mehmet Cemil Bey was born in Istanbul in 1872/73 (AH 1289). 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 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 1891/92 (AH 1309): Rusumat Kalemi. The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 80 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Rüsumat Memuru in Istanbul, with 80 kuruş a month. In 1907/08 the record shows Ambar Basmemur in Istanbul, the salary going from 375 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Rüsumat Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1907/08 as Ambar Basmemur. 79 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 300 kuruş. Over 19 years with a salary the median is 320 kuruş a month, with 11 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 425 kuruş, is seen in 1907/08. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 13.65 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1909/10, when 66 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Rank (recorded code): 4, 3; Mecidi order (recorded code): 4.