Ahmet Şekip Efendi

Ahmet Şekip Efendi was born in Muğla in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

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: French, with Kitabet; Greek (Rum), with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Manisa in 1902/03 (AH 1320). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 250 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1903/04, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Muhabere Memuru in Manisa, with 250 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo (Halep), the salary going from 250 to 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Manisa). In 1906/07 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Mardin, the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Aleppo).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhabere Memuru. 39 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 450 kuruş. Over 4 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 100 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 16.96 per cent a year on average.