Mehmet Şevki Efendi

Mehmet Şevki Efendi was born in Siran in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as naip.

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 Mamuretulhamid in 1903/04 (AH 1321). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1905/06, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1905/06, shows Muhabere Memuru in Elassona (Alasonya), with 200 kuruş a month. In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mosul (Musul), the salary going from 200 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Elassona).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhabere Memuru. 25 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 2 years with a salary the median is 250 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 50 per cent a year on average.