Mehmet Kamil Efendi

Mehmet Kamil Efendi was born in Sivas in 1861/62 (AH 1278). 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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Konya in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 7 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1883/84, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1883/84, shows Muhabere Memuru in Konya, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1885/86 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Akşehir, the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Konya).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1885/86 as Muhabere Memuru. 27 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 5 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 80 kuruş, is seen in 1884/85. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 7.46 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1887/88, when 27 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.