Osman Şevki Efendi

Osman Şevki Efendi was born in Trabzon in 1865/66 (AH 1282). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

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 Istanbul in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 24 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 40 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1889/90, the official was about 24 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1889/90, shows Sicil Kalemi in Istanbul, with 40 kuruş a month. In 1895/96 the record shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, the salary going from 190 to 220 kuruş a month (before: Sicil Kalemi in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1906/07 as Muhasebe Kalemi. 51 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 18 years with a salary the median is 240 kuruş a month, with 8 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 160 kuruş, is seen in 1899/1900. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 16.02 per cent a year on average.