Süleyman Servet Efendi

Süleyman Servet Efendi was born in Gjilan (Gilan) in 1879/80 (AH 1297). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Telgraf Memuru.

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 Rodoviste in 1896/97 (AH 1314). The official was then about 16 years old. The record gives 5 years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 150 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1901/02, the official was about 21 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1901/02, shows Muhabere Memuru in Štip (İştip), with 150 kuruş a month. In 1902/03 the record shows Muhabere Memuru in Skopje (Üsküp), the salary going from 150 to 250 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Štip).

The highest salary, 400 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1903/04 as Muhabere Memuru. 36 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 475 kuruş. Over 5 years with a salary the median is 400 kuruş a month, with 2 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 150 kuruş, is seen in 1903/04. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 27.79 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1905/06, when 38 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.