Süleyman Şevki Efendi

Süleyman Şevki Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 Istanbul in 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives 2 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 60 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1899/1900, the official was about 26 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1899/1900, shows Posta Memuru in Galata, with 60 kuruş a month. In 1901/02 the record shows Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul, the salary going from 120 to 140 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Galata). In 1906/07 the record shows Posta Memuru in Samsun, the salary going from 140 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Mekâtib Memuru in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Posta 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 8 years with a salary the median is 140 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 260 kuruş, is seen in 1906/07. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 31.13 per cent a year on average.