Hacı Şükrü Efendi

Hacı Şükrü Efendi was born in Bitola (Manastır) in 1878/79 (AH 1296). 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: Bulgarian, with Tekellum; French, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Bitola in 1898/99 (AH 1316). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1898/99, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1898/99, shows Muvassil in Bitola, with 150 kuruş a month. In 1899/1900 the record shows Müvezzi in Sarıyer, with 150 kuruş a month (before: Muvassil in Bitola). In 1900/01 the record shows Posta Memuru in İzmit, the salary going from 150 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Müvezzi in Sarıyer). In 1901/02 the record shows Posta Memuru in Mecca (Mekke), the salary going from 250 to 350 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in İzmit). In 1903/04 the record shows Posta Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), the salary going from 350 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Mecca). In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Kozan, with 500 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Thessaloniki). In 1906/07 the record shows 3. Müdür in Kičevo (Kırçova), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Kozan). No annual entry is recorded for 1902/03 and 1905/06.

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Posta Memuru. 51 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 7 years with a salary the median is 350 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 16.24 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.