Halil Şükrü Efendi

Halil Şükrü Efendi was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Nahiye Muduru.

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: Arabic, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Kirkuk in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The official was then about 21 years old. The record gives 3 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 Seyyar Memur in Baghdad (Bağdat), with 500 kuruş a month. In 1894/95 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad, the salary going from 500 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Seyyar Memur in Baghdad). In 1895/96 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Crete (Girit), the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Baghdad). In 1905/06 the record shows 2. Müdür in Crete, the salary going from 500 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Crete).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as 2. Müdür. 78 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 14 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 300 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.68 per cent a year on average.