Ahmet Şevket Efendi

Ahmet Şevket Efendi was born in Niğde in 1880/81 (AH 1298). 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: Arabic, with Kitabet; French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1908/09 (AH 1326). The official was then about 27 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1909/10, the official was about 28 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1909/10, shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1910/11 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul, the salary going from 150 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul). In 1911 the record shows Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Pangaltı, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1911 as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti. 29 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 300 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1910/11. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 63.3 per cent a year on average.