Ahmet Şevket Efendi

Ahmet Şevket Efendi was born in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1870/71 (AH 1287). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kaymakam.

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: Greek (Rum), with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Ioannina (Yanya) in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 20 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 25 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Muhabere Memuru in Pozantı, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1896/97 the record shows Posta Memuru in Eskişehir, the salary going from 400 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Pozantı). In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mecca (Mekke), the salary going from 300 to 675 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Eskişehir). In 1898/99 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Yemen, the salary going from 675 to 900 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Mecca). In 1899/1900 the record shows 1. Müdür in Yemen, the salary going from 900 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Yemen). In 1902/03 the record shows 2. Müdür in Az Zaydiyah (Zeydiye), with 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 1. Müdür in Yemen). In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Az Zaydiyah, the salary going from 1,200 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Az Zaydiyah). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Suriye, the salary going from 1,000 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Az Zaydiyah). No annual entry is recorded for 1904/05.

The highest salary, 1,200 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as 1. Müdür. 92 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 10 years with a salary the median is 950 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 3 cuts. The largest rise, 375 kuruş, is seen in 1897/98. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.05 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 62 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.