Şevket Efendi

Şevket Efendi was born in Ioannina (Yanya) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

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 Bitola (Manastır) in 1890/91 (AH 1308). The official was then about 22 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 500 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1892/93, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1892/93, shows Muhabere Memuru in Shkodër (İşkodra), with 500 kuruş a month. In 1897/98 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Zadrima, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Shkodër). In 1899/1900 the record shows 3. Müdür in Debar (Debre), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Zadrima).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1892/93 as Muhabere Memuru. 44 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 8 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1899/1900, when 47 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.