Ohannes Şükran Efendi

Ohannes Şükran Efendi was born in Kemah in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The record gives the community as Armenian Christian (Ermeni).

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: Armenian, with Kitabet; Turkish, with Kitabet.

First work is recorded in Erzurum in 1877/78 (AH 1294). The official was then about 23 years old. The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. The first-salary field gives 600 kuruş a month. At the first annual entry, in 1877/78, the official was about 23 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1877/78, shows Muhabere Memuru in Erzurum, with 600 kuruş a month. In 1881/82 the record shows 3. Müdür in Kemah, with 600 kuruş a month (before: Muhabere Memuru in Erzurum). In 1883/84 the record shows Posta Memuru in Erzincan, the salary going from 600 to 500 kuruş a month (before: 3. Müdür in Kemah). No annual entry is recorded for 1878 to 1881.

The highest salary, 600 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1877/78 as Muhabere Memuru. 50 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 560 kuruş. Over 6 years with a salary the median is 550 kuruş a month, with no rises and 1 cut. From the first salary to the last the salary fell by 2.01 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1885/86, when 42 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.