Şevket Efendi

Şevket Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1860/61 (AH 1277). 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 Aydın in 1883/84 (AH 1301). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1883/84, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1883/84, shows Muhabere Memuru in Aydın, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1885/86 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Veles (Köprülü), the salary going from 400 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aydın). In 1891/92 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Ioannina (Yanya), the salary going from 380 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Veles). No annual entry is recorded for 1884/85.

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1883/84 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 9 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 20 kuruş, is seen in 1891/92. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1892/93, when 29 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.