Mehmet sukru Efendi

Mehmet sukru Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1852/53 (AH 1269). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as esnaf.

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: Arabic, with Tekellum; Turkish, with Tekellum.

First work is recorded in Bitola (Manastır) in 1887/88 (AH 1305): Polis. The official was then about 35 years old. The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). The first-salary field gives 300 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1887/88, the official was about 35 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1887/88, shows Polis in Bitola, with 300 kuruş a month. In 1888/89 the record shows 3. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Korçë (Görice), the salary going from 300 to 400 kuruş a month (before: Polis in Bitola). In 1890/91 the record shows 3. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Prilep (Pirlepe), with 400 kuruş a month (before: 3. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Korçë). In 1893/94 the record shows 3. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Florina, with 400 kuruş a month (before: 3. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Prilep). In 1897/98 the record shows 2. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Üsküdar, the salary going from 400 to 500 kuruş a month (before: 3. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Florina). In 1903/04 the record shows 2. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Konya, the salary going from 675 to 500 kuruş a month (before: 2. Sınıf Polis Komiseri in Üsküdar). The title field holds the status word Aciga Cikarildi for 1902/03.

The highest salary, 675 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1898/99 as 2. Sınıf Polis Komiseri. 76 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 400 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and 1 cut. The largest rise, 175 kuruş, is seen in 1898/99. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 2.73 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.

Honours recorded in the cross-ministry workbook: Rank (recorded code): 3.