Abdullah Şevki Efendi

Abdullah Şevki Efendi was born in Tetovo (Kalkandelen) in 1883/84 (AH 1301). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf muduru.

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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1902/03 (AH 1320). 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 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1902/03, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1902/03, shows Muhabere Memuru in Kucuk karaburun, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1903/04 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Edirne, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kucuk karaburun).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhabere Memuru. 36 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 15.47 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1904/05, when 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.