Abdullah Kemal Bey

Abdullah Kemal Bey was born in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291). 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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1887/88 (AH 1305). The official was then about 14 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 75 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1888/89, the official was about 15 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1888/89, shows Muhendis Kalemi in Istanbul, with 75 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhendis Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1906/07 the record shows Tahrirat Baskitabeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 500 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Tahrirat Baskitabeti. 78 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 19 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 14.05 per cent a year on average.