Meşk Recordings

The Dil Beyti database is drawn from the Sufi music meşk sessions held every week at the Foundation for Researching and Preserving Turkish Sufi Music and Folklore. The database currently holds 532 meşk recordings.

In Ottoman social tradition, the Hijri months shaped community life according to the historical events and the spiritual atmosphere they carried, and as in everything else, this influence also showed itself in the ilahis sung in the tekkes (Sufi lodges). For this reason, you can access the meşk recordings in their current order, as well as classified by Hijri month and by recording year.

Date Audio file
September 21, 1987, Muharram 28, 1408
September 14, 1987, Muharram 21, 1408
September 7, 1987, Muharram 14, 1408
September 7, 1987, Muharram 14, 1408
August 24, 1987, Dhu al-Hijjah 29, 1407
August 17, 1987, Dhu al-Hijjah 22, 1407
August 3, 1987, Dhu al-Hijjah 8, 1407
July 20, 1987, Dhu al-Qa'dah 24, 1407
July 13, 1987, Dhu al-Qa'dah 17, 1407
June 29, 1987, Dhu al-Qa'dah 3, 1407
June 22, 1987, Shawwal 25, 1407
June 15, 1987, Shawwal 18, 1407
June 8, 1987, Shawwal 11, 1407
June 1, 1987, Shawwal 4, 1407
May 25, 1987, Ramadan 27, 1407
May 18, 1987, Ramadan 20, 1407
May 11, 1987, Ramadan 13, 1407
May 4, 1987, Ramadan 6, 1407
April 27, 1987, Sha'ban 28, 1407
April 20, 1987, Sha'ban 21, 1407
April 6, 1987, Sha'ban 7, 1407
March 30, 1987, Rajab 30, 1407
February 23, 1987, Jumada al-Akhirah 24, 1407
February 21, 1987, Jumada al-Akhirah 22, 1407
February 16, 1987, Jumada al-Akhirah 17, 1407
February 9, 1987, Jumada al-Akhirah 10, 1407
February 2, 1987, Jumada al-Akhirah 3, 1407
January 26, 1987, Jumada al-Awwal 26, 1407
January 19, 1987, Jumada al-Awwal 19, 1407
January 12, 1987, Jumada al-Awwal 12, 1407
January 5, 1987, Jumada al-Awwal 5, 1407
January 4, 1987, Jumada al-Awwal 4, 1407
Hijri Months Number of Recordings
Muharram There are 60 meşk recordings.
Safar There are 52 meşk recordings.
Rabi' al-Awwal There are 49 meşk recordings.
Rabi' al-Akhir There are 42 meşk recordings.
Jumada al-Awwal There are 51 meşk recordings.
Jumada al-Akhirah There are 43 meşk recordings.
Rajab There are 38 meşk recordings.
Sha'ban There are 39 meşk recordings.
Ramadan There are 25 meşk recordings.
Shawwal There are 42 meşk recordings.
Dhu al-Qa'dah There are 46 meşk recordings.
Dhu al-Hijjah There are 45 meşk recordings.
Year Number of Recordings
2026 There are 28 meşk recordings.
2025 There are 26 meşk recordings.
2024 There are 47 meşk recordings.
2023 There are 32 meşk recordings.
2022 There are 23 meşk recordings.
2020 There are 10 meşk recordings.
2019 There are 46 meşk recordings.
2018 There are 25 meşk recordings.
2017 There are 41 meşk recordings.
2016 There are 19 meşk recordings.
2015 There are 2 meşk recordings.
2014 There are 11 meşk recordings.
2013 There is 1 meşk recording.
2012 There is 1 meşk recording.
2011 There are 10 meşk recordings.
2010 There are 30 meşk recordings.
2009 There are 14 meşk recordings.
2008 There are 4 meşk recordings.
2007 There are 7 meşk recordings.
1996 There is 1 meşk recording.
1991 There are 31 meşk recordings.
1989 There are 39 meşk recordings.
1988 There are 37 meşk recordings.
1987 There are 47 meşk recordings.