Mehmet Şükrü Efendi

Mehmet Şükrü Efendi was born in Harput in 1855/56 (AH 1272). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Pasa'nin agasi.

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: Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Istanbul in 1875/76 (AH 1292). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 50 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1875/76, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1875/76, shows Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul, with 50 kuruş a month. In 1893/94 the record shows Veznedar Muavini in Istanbul, the salary going from 650 to 850 kuruş a month (before: Muhasebe Kalemi in Istanbul). In 1894/95 the record shows Pul Muhafizligi in Istanbul, the salary going from 850 to 2,000 kuruş a month (before: Veznedar Muavini in Istanbul).

The highest salary, 2,500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1899/1900 as Pul Muhafizligi. 98 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 29 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 10 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 1,150 kuruş, is seen in 1894/95. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 14.99 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1902/03, when 97 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.