Mehmet Şükrü Efendi

Mehmet Şükrü Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1868/69 (AH 1285). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Yuzbasi.

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 Istanbul in 1884/85 (AH 1302). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 3 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1887/88, the official was about 19 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1887/88, shows Muhabere Memuru in Babiali, with 200 kuruş a month. In 1892/93 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Bandırma, the salary going from 250 to 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Babiali). In 1893/94 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Balıkesir, with 380 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Bandırma). In 1897/98 the record shows 3. Müdür in Kandıra, the salary going from 380 to 500 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Balıkesir).

The highest salary, 500 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1897/98 as 3. Müdür. 49 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 20 years with a salary the median is 440 kuruş a month, with 4 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 130 kuruş, is seen in 1892/93. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.94 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1906/07, when 51 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.