Mehmet Emin Şevket Efendi

Mehmet Emin Şevket Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kolagasi.

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 Kemaliye in 1893/94 (AH 1311). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 9 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Dersim, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Diyarbakır).

The highest salary, 300 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as Muhabere Memuru. 21 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 2 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 23 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.