Mehmet Celalettin Efendi

Mehmet Celalettin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1883/84 (AH 1301). 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 Istanbul in 1898/99 (AH 1316). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 75 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Mektubi Kalemi in Istanbul, with 75 kuruş a month. In 1909/10 the record shows Memurin Kitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 190 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Mektubi Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Memurin Kitabeti. 33 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 10 years with a salary the median is 170 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 210 kuruş, is seen in 1909/10. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 20.44 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1910/11, when 30 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.