Official
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi
Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Kastamonu in 1877/78 (AH 1294). On record 1895 to 1913, 19 annual entries.
Archive reference 0068_0188; 373
Life#
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi was born in Kastamonu in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Esnaf.
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 Kastamonu in 1891/92 (AH 1309). 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 117 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1895/96, the official was about 18 years old.
The first annual entry, for 1895/96, shows Ambar Kalemi in Kastamonu, with 117 kuruş a month. In 1899/1900 the record shows Posta Memuru in İzmit, the salary going from 117 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Ambar Kalemi in Kastamonu). In 1900/01 the record shows Posta Memuru in Bursa, the salary going from 250 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in İzmit). In 1901/02 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Jeddah (Cidde), the salary going from 400 to 1,000 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Bursa). In 1902/03 the record shows 3. Müdür in Kartal, the salary going from 1,000 to 540 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Jeddah). In 1904/05 the record shows 2. Müdür in Erenköy, the salary going from 600 to 700 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Kartal). In 1909/10 the record shows 2. Müdür in Samatya, the salary going from 700 to 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Erenköy). In 1912/13 the record shows Merkez Memuru in Edirne, the salary going from 900 to 800 kuruş a month (before: 2. Müdür in Samatya).
The highest salary, 1,000 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1901/02 as Muhabere Memuru. 87 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 19 years with a salary the median is 700 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 2 cuts. The largest rise, 600 kuruş, is seen in 1901/02. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 11.27 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1912/13, when 25 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Birthplace
- Kastamonu
- Community
- Muslim (Müslüman)
- Nationality as recorded
- Turkish
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- Rüşdiye
- Rüşdiye Mektebi (7 years)rüşdiye school (middle school)
- Unpaid years (mülazemet)
- 4 years
- Preparation route (classification of the paper)
- Middle
- Qualification (diploma, certificate, training or nişan)
- Yes
The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.
Languages
- Turkish
- Kitabetwriting
The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.
First work
- Year
- 1891/92 (AH 1309)
- Place
- Kastamonu
- First salary field (kuruş a month)
- 117
Legal records
- Legal record note as worded
- idaresizlik / Maliye Müfettişi tarafından icra edilen tensikatta merkezin muamelatı müzebzeb bir halde olduğundan ve havalename muamelesini hod be-hod tatil ettiğinden dolayı 15 Mayıs sene 1329 tarihli buyuruldu iktizasından olup bin üç yüz otuz bir senesi Şevvalinin yedisinde 27 Ağustos sene 1329 tarihinde sekiz yüz kuruş maaşla Edirne Merkezi İkinci Sınıf Memuriyeti'ne tahvil ettirilmiş; İdaresizlikten
- Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records
- 1331
Career#
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92AH 1309 | First work | Kastamonu | 117first-salary field |
| 1895 to 1899AH 1313 to 1316 | Ambar Kalemi | Kastamonu | 117 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Posta Memuru | İzmit | 250 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Posta Memuru | Bursa | 400 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Jeddah (Cidde) | 1,000 |
| 1902 to 1904AH 1320 to 1321 | 3. Müdür | Kartal | 540 to 600 |
| 1904 to 1909AH 1322 to 1326 | 2. Müdür | Erenköy | 700 |
| 1909 to 1912AH 1327 to 1330 | 2. Müdür | Samatya | 800 to 900 |
| 1912/13AH 1331 | Merkez Memuru | Edirne | 800 |
Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary.
The numbers of the chart
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96 | 117 | 500 | 400 | 5% |
| 1896/97 | 117 | 500 | 4% | |
| 1897/98 | 117 | 500 | 275 | 4% |
| 1898/99 | 117 | 500 | 275 | 4% |
| 1899/1900 | 250 | 500 | 400 | 12% |
| 1900/01 | 400 | 500 | 400 | 31% |
| 1901/02 | 1,000 | 500 | 400 | 87% |
| 1902/03 | 540 | 500 | 540 | 60% |
| 1903/04 | 600 | 475 | 540 | 67% |
| 1904/05 | 700 | 450 | 800 | 75% |
| 1905/06 | 700 | 475 | 805 | 73% |
| 1906/07 | 700 | 450 | 800 | 72% |
| 1907/08 | 700 | 300 | 900 | 76% |
| 1908/09 | 700 | 350 | 800 | 71% |
| 1909/10 | 800 | 462.5 | 800 | 66% |
| 1910/11 | 900 | 500 | 900 | 71% |
| 1911 | 900 | 500 | 73% | |
| 1911/12 | 900 | 900 | 48% | |
| 1912/13 | 800 | 1,300 | 25% |
Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.
Choose a row to mark its years in the charts and its place on the map.
Recorded with#
Recorded in the same place in the same years
- Ahmet Rifat EfendiKastamonu, 4 shared years
- Osman Behçet EfendiKastamonu, 4 shared years
- Ahmet Rifat EfendiKastamonu, 4 shared years
- Mehmet Nazım EfendiKastamonu, 4 shared years
- Mehmet Ziya EfendiKastamonu, 3 shared years
62 officials in all. Officials recorded in Erenköy
Same school recorded
- Abdülaziz Fikri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdülkerim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdülkerim EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdullah EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
- Abdüssabur Sabri EfendiRüşdiye Mektebi, first annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313)
3,199 officials in all. Officials with Rüşdiye Mektebi recorded
Same birthplace
- Ahmet Memduh EfendiKastamonu, born 1876/77 (AH 1293)
- Hüseyin Azmi EfendiKastamonu, born 1875/76 (AH 1292)
- Ahmet Kamil EfendiKastamonu, born 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Mehmet Rıfkı EfendiKastamonu, born 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Mehmet Emin Nuri EfendiKastamonu, born 1874/75 (AH 1291)
33 officials in all. Officials born in Kastamonu
Full record
Annual entries (19)
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Ambar Kalemi | Kastamonu | 117 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Ambar Kalemi | Kastamonu | 117 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Ambar Kalemi | Kastamonu | 117 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Ambar Kalemi | Kastamonu | 117 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Posta Memuru | İzmit | 250 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Posta Memuru | Bursa | 400 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Muhabere Memuru | Jeddah (Cidde) | 1,000 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | 3. Müdür | Kartal | 540 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | 3. Müdür | Kartal | 600 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | 2. Müdür | Erenköy | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | 2. Müdür | Erenköy | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | 2. Müdür | Erenköy | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | 2. Müdür | Erenköy | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | 2. Müdür | Erenköy | 700 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | 2. Müdür | Samatya | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1910/11AH 1328 | 2. Müdür | Samatya | 900 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1911AH 1329 | 2. Müdür | Samatya | 900 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1911/12AH 1330 | 2. Müdür | Samatya | 900 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
| 1912/13AH 1331 | Merkez Memuru | Edirne | 800 | Post and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf) | Recovered annual personnel extract | 0068_0188; 373 |
What the sources named in this table are
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
Sources and original values (18)
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | ||
| Name | Mehmet Şükrü Efendi | Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birth year (AH) | 1294 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Birthplace | kastamonu | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Province of birth | kastamonu | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Father's occupation | esnaf | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Religion | Musluman | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Nationality or community | Turkish | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Schooling | ||
| School | rusdiye mektebi | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of schooling | 7 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 4 used on this page | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet) | 0 other value | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work | ||
| First work: year (AH) | 1309 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First work: Gregorian year as stored | 1892 | Recovered annual personnel extract |
| First work: place | Kastamonu | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| First salary field (kuruş a month) | 117 | Recovered annual personnel extract; Personnel attributes extract; Earlier annual personnel extract |
| Legal records | ||
| Legal record note as worded | idaresizlik / Maliye Müfettişi tarafından icra edilen tensikatta merkezin muamelatı müzebzeb bir halde olduğundan ve havalename muamelesini hod be-hod tatil ettiğinden dolayı 15 Mayıs sene 1329 tarihli buyuruldu iktizasından olup bin üç yüz otuz bir senesi Şevvalinin yedisinde 27 Ağustos sene 1329 tarihinde sekiz yüz kuruş maaşla Edirne Merkezi İkinci Sınıf Memuriyeti'ne tahvil ettirilmiş used on this page | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Legal record note as worded | İdaresizlikten other value | Legal notes (earlier workbook copy); Legal notes (later workbook copy) |
| Years (AH) with a criminal-record mark in the annual records | 1331 | Later annual personnel extract |
What the sources named in this table are
- Legal notes (earlier workbook copy)
- A workbook of notes on legal records. The wording is kept as written. It may hold an accusation or an acquittal, it is not the finding of a court, and its year is the year of the record, not the date of an event.
- Legal notes (later workbook copy)
- A later copy of the workbook of notes on legal records. The same wording in both copies is one note, not two.
- Later annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2025. It marks single annual entries with a criminal-record flag and holds status words such as Vefat. For a death, the year is the year of the annual list in which the status word stands.
- Earlier annual personnel extract
- The detailed annual personnel file of October 2024. An official found only in this file keeps the years, titles and salaries it gives.
- Recovered annual personnel extract
- The merged annual personnel file recovered for the replication of the first paper. Annual entries are taken from it for every official it holds.
- Personnel attributes extract
- The detailed personnel file of September 2025, read for personal details such as birth, schooling and first work.
- The sources give more than one value for a marked field. Every value is listed.
- Origin of the record: Post and Telegraph personnel records.
- 11 annual entries of 19 belong to the saved estimation sample of the paper.
How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.