Mehmet Şevki Efendi

Mehmet Şevki Efendi was born in Kemah in 1863/64 (AH 1280). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Memur.

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 Aydın in 1891/92 (AH 1309). The official was then about 28 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 600 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1891/92, the official was about 28 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1891/92, shows Tatar in Aydın, with 600 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Tatar in Aleppo (Halep), with 600 kuruş a month (before: Tatar in Aydın). In 1895/96 the record shows Tatar in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), with 600 kuruş a month (before: Tatar in Aleppo). In 1899/1900 the record shows Tatar in Aydın, with 540 kuruş a month (before: Tatar in Afyonkarahisar). In 1902/03 the record shows Seyyar Memur in Karahisar, with 540 kuruş a month (before: Tatar in Aydın).

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1891/92 as Tatar. 59 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 13 years with a salary the median is 540 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 0.87 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.