Mehmet Şevki Efendi

Mehmet Şevki Efendi was born in Arapgir in 1835/36 (AH 1251). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Rum 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 Istanbul in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The official was then about 18 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 450 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1854/55, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1854/55, shows 3. Posta Muduru in Amasya, with 450 kuruş a month. In 1856/57 the record shows 3. Posta Muduru in Kazanlak (Kızanlık), the salary going from 450 to 400 kuruş a month (before: 3. Posta Muduru in Amasya). In 1860/61 the record shows 2. Posta Muduru in Beirut (Beyrut), the salary going from 400 to 750 kuruş a month (before: 3. Posta Muduru in Kazanlak). In 1863/64 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tripoli (Trablusgarp), the salary going from 750 to 500 kuruş a month (before: 2. Posta Muduru in Beirut). In 1864/65 the record shows Müdür in Al-Faw (Fav), the salary going from 500 to 1,920 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tripoli). In 1866/67 the record shows 2. Müdür in Homs (Humus), the salary going from 1,920 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Müdür in Al-Faw). 3 further changes of title or place follow in the record. In 1872/73 the record shows 2. Müdür in Kahramanmaraş (Maraş), the salary going from 760 to 850 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Mersin). In 1873/74 the record shows 2. Müdür in Malatya, with 850 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Kahramanmaraş). In 1878 the record shows 2. Müdür in Bitlis, with 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Malatya). In 1879/80 the record shows 2. Müdür in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 800 to 950 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Bitlis). In 1882/83 the record shows Müfettiş Muavini in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 950 to 1,200 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Diyarbakır). No annual entry is recorded for 1859/60, 1865/66 and 1878/79.

The highest salary, 1,920 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1864/65 as Müdür. 86 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 625 kuruş. Over 29 years with a salary the median is 850 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 5 cuts. The largest rise, 1,420 kuruş, is seen in 1864/65. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.21 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1884/85, when 86 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.