Hafız Mehmet Şükrü Efendi

Hafız Mehmet Şükrü Efendi was born in Harput in 1878 (AH 1295). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Muduru.

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: French, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Elazığ in 1897/98 (AH 1315). The official was then about 19 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Muhabere Memuru in Budak, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1905/06 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Elazığ, the salary going from 300 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Budak).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1905/06 as Muhabere Memuru. 50 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 5 years with a salary the median is 300 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1905/06. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 13.62 per cent a year on average.