Abdullah Sıtkı Efendi

Abdullah Sıtkı Efendi was born in Veria (Karaferye) in 1865/66 (AH 1282). 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 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 Veria in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The official was then about 15 years old. The record gives 4 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 285 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1883/84, the official was about 18 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1883/84, shows Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki (Selanik), with 285 kuruş a month. In 1888/89 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Giannitsa (Yenice-i Vardar), with 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Thessaloniki).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1887/88 as Muhabere Memuru. 41 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 7 years with a salary the median is 380 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 120 kuruş, is seen in 1887/88. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 9.82 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1889/90, when 42 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.