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
January 27, 2025, Rajab 28, 1446
Hüseyni 10 Uşşak 2 Beyâtî 1
January 20, 2025, Rajab 21, 1446
Hicâz 12
January 13, 2025, Rajab 14, 1446
Segâh 3 Hüzzam 7 Hicâz 1
January 6, 2025, Rajab 7, 1446
Pençgâh 6 Mahûr 5 Zâvil 3
December 30, 2024, Jumada al-Akhirah 29, 1446
Rast 10 Mahûr 2 Zâvil 1 Uşşak 1
December 23, 2024, Jumada al-Akhirah 22, 1446
Hüzzam 6 Hicâz 5 Acemkürdî 2 Acem 1 Gerdâniye 1 Hüseyni 5 Beyâtî 1 Uşşak 1
December 9, 2024, Jumada al-Akhirah 8, 1446
Segâh 10
December 2, 2024, Jumada al-Akhirah 1, 1446
Hüseyni 3 Gerdâniye 1 Uşşak 6
November 25, 2024, Jumada al-Awwal 24, 1446
Muhayyer Sünbüle 1 Nühüft 1 Hüseyni 6 Nevâ 1 Beyâtî 2
November 18, 2024, Jumada al-Awwal 17, 1446
Hüseyni 12
November 11, 2024, Jumada al-Awwal 10, 1446
Nihavend 13 Neveser 1
November 4, 2024, Jumada al-Awwal 3, 1446
Rast 9 Mahûr 1
October 28, 2024, Rabi' al-Akhir 25, 1446
Ferahnâk 3 Evic 10
October 14, 2024, Rabi' al-Akhir 11, 1446
Sabâ 10 Beyâtî 1 Çargâh 1
October 7, 2024, Rabi' al-Akhir 4, 1446
Hüzzam 11
September 30, 2024, Rabi' al-Awwal 27, 1446
Rast 9 Mahûr 1 Hüzzam 1
September 23, 2024, Rabi' al-Awwal 20, 1446
Hicazkâr 1 Sûzinâk 1
September 16, 2024, Rabi' al-Awwal 13, 1446
Nühüft 2 Hicâz 10
September 10, 2024, Rabi' al-Awwal 7, 1446
Dügâh 2 Sabâ Zemzeme 1 Sabâ 8 Bestenigâr 1 Çargâh 1
September 2, 2024, Safar 28, 1446
Hüseyni 1 Hicâz 11
August 26, 2024, Safar 21, 1446
Nihavend 11 Neveser 1
August 19, 2024, Safar 14, 1446
Acemkürdî 3 Acem 5 Beyâtî 4
August 5, 2024, Muharram 30, 1446
Hicâz 8 Hicâz Hümayun 1 Hicâzzirgüle 2 Rast 1
July 29, 2024, Muharram 23, 1446
Segâh 3 Hüzzam 7
July 22, 2024, Muharram 16, 1446
Muhayyer Kürdi 1 Rast 9 Mahûr 2
July 15, 2024, Muharram 9, 1446
Hicâz Hümayun 1 Hicâz 12 Sûzinâk 1
July 8, 2024, Muharram 2, 1446
Hüseyni 1 Uşşak 10 Beyâtî 1
July 1, 2024, Dhu al-Hijjah 25, 1445
Bûselik 5 Hisar 2 Acembûselik 1 Şehnaz Buselik 2 Mahûr 1
June 24, 2024, Dhu al-Hijjah 18, 1445
Uşşak 8 Hüseyni 2 Nevâ 5
June 10, 2024, Dhu al-Hijjah 4, 1445
Hüseyni 7 Beyâtî 2 Uşşak 2
June 3, 2024, Dhu al-Qa'dah 27, 1445
Hicâz 11
May 27, 2024, Dhu al-Qa'dah 20, 1445
Rast 10 Mahûr 1
May 20, 2024, Dhu al-Qa'dah 13, 1445
Segâh 10 Hüzzam 3
May 13, 2024, Dhu al-Qa'dah 6, 1445
Hüseyni 11
May 6, 2024, Shawwal 28, 1445
Şehnaz 9 Şehnaz Buselik 1 Mahûr 1
April 29, 2024, Shawwal 21, 1445
Rast 1 Nikriz 4 Mahûr 3 Zâvil 2
April 22, 2024, Shawwal 14, 1445
Muhayyer Sünbüle 1 Muhayyer 4 Tahir 1 Muhayyer Kürdi 1 Beyâtîaraban 1 Karcığar 1 Uşşak 1
April 15, 2024, Shawwal 7, 1445
Uşşak 5 Nevâ 3 Hüseyni 2
April 8, 2024, Ramadan 30, 1445
Hüzzam 13 Segâh 1
April 1, 2024, Ramadan 23, 1445
Nihavend 10
March 25, 2024, Ramadan 16, 1445
Mahûr 1 Hüzzam 8 Segâh 2
March 18, 2024, Ramadan 9, 1445
Uşşak 10 Hüseyni 1 Beyâtî 1
March 11, 2024, Ramadan 2, 1445
Rast 10 Mahûr 1
March 4, 2024, Sha'ban 24, 1445
Ferahfezâ 2 Acemaşîran 10
February 26, 2024, Sha'ban 17, 1445
Uşşak 13
February 19, 2024, Sha'ban 10, 1445
Hicâz 11 Hicâzzirgüle 1 Hüzzam 1
February 12, 2024, Sha'ban 4, 1445
Acem 3 Beyâtî 8 Uşşak 2
February 5, 2024, Rajab 26, 1445
Segâh 5 Hüzzam 6
January 29, 2024, Rajab 19, 1445
Sabâ Zemzeme 2 Sabâ 6 Bestenigâr 2 Hüzzam 1
January 22, 2024, Rajab 12, 1445
Pençgâh 9 Rast 2 Mahûr 2
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.