Mehmet Şevki Efendi

Mehmet Şevki Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1892/93 (AH 1310). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Duyunu umumiye memuru.

Schooling recorded: the wording Hususi Muallim in the school field, which names no school. 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 Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1908/09 (AH 1326). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1907/08, the official was about 15 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1907/08, shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1909/10 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu, the salary going from 350 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1911 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Istanbul, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Beyoğlu).

The highest salary, 350 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1908/09 as Muhabere Memuru. 49 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 350 kuruş. Over 5 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and 1 cut. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1908/09. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 10.67 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1911, when 7 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.