Mehmet Şevki Efendi

Mehmet Şevki Efendi was born in Hopa in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as memur.

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 Hopa in 1902/03 (AH 1320). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 400 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1909/10, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1909/10, shows Tahrirat Kalemi in Trabzon, with 400 kuruş a month. In 1911 the record shows Muayene Memuru in Hopa, with 400 kuruş a month (before: Tahrirat Kalemi in Trabzon).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1909/10 as Tahrirat Kalemi. 33 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 462.5 kuruş. Over 3 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with no rises and no cuts. The last salary is the same as the first. The last salary is recorded in 1911, when 29 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.