Mehmet Şevket Efendi

Mehmet Şevket Efendi was born in Kemah in 1844/45 (AH 1260). 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 Istanbul in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1869/70, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1869/70, shows Muhabere Memuru in Siverek, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1873/74 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Antakya, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Siverek). In 1874/75 the record shows 2. Müdür in Siverek, the salary going from 380 to 850 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Antakya). In 1876/77 the record shows 3. Müdür in Siverek, the salary going from 850 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Siverek). In 1880/81 the record shows 3. Müdür in Malatya, the salary going from 570 to 600 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Siverek). In 1883/84 the record shows 2. Müdür in Niğde, the salary going from 600 to 800 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Malatya).

The highest salary, 850 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1874/75 as 2. Müdür. 73 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 535 kuruş. Over 33 years with a salary the median is 720 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 4 cuts. The largest rise, 470 kuruş, is seen in 1874/75. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 1.85 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1900/01, when 77 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.