Hasan Şevket Efendi

Hasan Şevket Efendi was born in Söğüt in 1879/80 (AH 1297). 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 a qualification: a diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Söğüt in 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1900/01, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1900/01, shows Muhabere Memuru in Damascus (Şam), with 250 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Akabetus sam, the salary going from 250 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Damascus). In 1902/03 the record shows 2. Müdür in Al-Nabk (Nebek), the salary going from 800 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Akabetus sam).

The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as 2. Müdür. 87 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 3 years with a salary the median is 800 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 550 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 100 per cent a year on average.