Süleyman Sırrı Efendi

Süleyman Sırrı Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1885/86 (AH 1303). 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 Eceabat in 1903/04 (AH 1321). The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives 0.5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 200 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1903/04, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1903/04, shows Muhabere Memuru in Demirköy (Samakovcuk), with 200 kuruş a month. In 1904/05 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Tripoli (Trablusgarp), the salary going from 200 to 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Demirköy). In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Umulkandil, with 800 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Tripoli).

The highest salary, 800 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1904/05 as Muhabere Memuru. 80 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 3 years with a salary the median is 800 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 600 kuruş, is seen in 1904/05. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 100 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 78 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.