Ahmet Şevki Efendi

Ahmet Şevki Efendi was born in Kastamonu in 1862/63 (AH 1279). 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 Karaman in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 380 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1884/85, the official was about 22 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1884/85, shows Muhabere Memuru in Karaman, with 380 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Konya, the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Karaman). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bozkır, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Konya). In 1900/01 the record shows 3. Müdür in Bozkır, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bozkır).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1898/99 as Muhabere Memuru. 48 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 380 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.73 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 47 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.