Mehmet Şevket Efendi

Mehmet Şevket Efendi was born in Sivas in 1852/53 (AH 1269). 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 no qualification (diploma, certificate, training or decoration). Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Erzurum in 1869/70 (AH 1286): Telgraf. The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 360 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1872/73, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1872/73, shows Muhabere Memuru in Bitola (Manastır), with 360 kuruş a month. In 1873/74 the record shows 2. Müdür in Durrës (Dıraç), the salary going from 360 to 770 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bitola). In 1876/77 the record shows 2. Müdür in Bar, the salary going from 770 to 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Durrës). In 1879/80 the record shows Aşar Memuru in Sivas, with 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Bar). In 1888/89 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Diyarbakır, the salary going from 800 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Aşar Memuru in Sivas). In 1892/93 the record shows Müdür Muavini in Sivas, the salary going from 500 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Merkez Memuru in Diyarbakır). In 1894/95 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Sivas, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Müdür Muavini in Sivas). In 1898/99 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Kastamonu, the salary going from 540 to 495 kuruş a month (before: Merkez Memuru in Sivas). In 1899/1900 the record shows 2. Müdür in Kırşehir, the salary going from 495 to 720 kuruş a month (before: Merkez Memuru in Kastamonu). In 1900/01 the record shows 2. Müdür in Sivas, the salary going from 720 to 1,080 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Kırşehir). In 1901/02 the record shows 2. Müdür in Bitlis, the salary going from 1,080 to 900 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Sivas). No annual entry is recorded for 1875/76 and 1877 to 1879.

The highest salary, 1,080 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1900/01 as 2. Müdür. 90 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 28 years with a salary the median is 770 kuruş a month, with 5 rises and 5 cuts. The largest rise, 410 kuruş, is seen in 1873/74. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 84 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

A death is recorded under 1902/03 (AH 1320): the year of the annual list that holds the status word Vefat, not a date of death.