Mehmet Şükrü Efendi

Mehmet Şükrü Efendi was born in Sivas in 1857/58 (AH 1274). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Sıbyan Mektebi, with 4 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 Sivas in 1875/76 (AH 1292): Mektubi Kalemi. The official was then about 17 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 20 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1875/76, the official was about 17 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1875/76, shows Mektubi Kalemi in Sivas, with 20 kuruş a month. In 1880/81 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Sivas, the salary going from 40 to 100 kuruş a month (before: Mektubi Kalemi in Sivas). In 1884/85 the record shows Posta Memuru in Diyarbakır, with 300 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Sivas). In 1898/99 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Merzifon, the salary going from 495 to 550 kuruş a month (before: Posta Memuru in Diyarbakır). In 1900/01 the record shows Başmüdür Kitabeti in Zile, with 550 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Merzifon). In 1902/03 the record shows 3. Müdür in Zile, the salary going from 550 to 600 kuruş a month (before: Başmüdür Kitabeti in Zile). In 1903/04 the record shows 3. Müdür in Gürün, with 600 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Zile). No annual entry is recorded for 1879/80.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1902/03 as 3. Müdür. 67 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 29 years with a salary the median is 500 kuruş a month, with 7 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 200 kuruş, is seen in 1882/83. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 12.44 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1903/04, when 67 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.