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 1, 2024, Jumada al-Akhirah 20, 1445
Nihavend 12 Neveser 2
September 11, 2023, Safar 26, 1445
Rast 7
August 28, 2023, Safar 12, 1445
Rast 2 Nikriz 3 Zâvil 2 Mahûr 3 Rast 2 Nikriz 3 Zâvil 2 Mahûr 3
August 21, 2023, Safar 5, 1445
Dügâh 1 Hicâzzirgüle 1 Hicâz 4 Hicazî Uşşak 1 Beyâtî 1 Hüseyni 2
August 14, 2023, Muharram 28, 1445
Muhayyer Kürdi 3 Acemkürdî 2 Muhayyer 1
August 7, 2023, Muharram 21, 1445
Uşşak 9 Hüseyni 1
July 31, 2023, Muharram 14, 1445
Hicâz Hümayun 1 Hicâz 6 Hicâzzirgüle 1 Sûzinâk 1
July 24, 2023, Muharram 7, 1445
Hüzzam 7 Segâh 1
July 17, 2023, Dhu al-Hijjah 29, 1444
Uşşak 8 Hüseyni 1
July 10, 2023, Dhu al-Hijjah 22, 1444
Segâh 9 Segâhmâye 1 Hüzzam 1
July 3, 2023, Dhu al-Hijjah 15, 1444
Uşşak 6 Hüseyni 1
June 26, 2023, Dhu al-Hijjah 8, 1444
Rast 9 Mahûr 2
June 19, 2023, Dhu al-Hijjah 1, 1444
Hicâzzirgüle 1 Hicâz 4 Hüseyni 2 Uşşak 2
June 12, 2023, Dhu al-Qa'dah 24, 1444
Sabâ 6 Çargâh 1
June 5, 2023, Dhu al-Qa'dah 17, 1444
Hüseyni 5 Uşşak 3
May 29, 2023, Dhu al-Qa'dah 10, 1444
Rast 6 Hüzzam 1
May 22, 2023, Dhu al-Qa'dah 3, 1444
Beyâtî 2 Uşşak 4 Karcığar 1 Hüseyni 4
May 15, 2023, Shawwal 25, 1444
Hüzzam 7 Nevâ 1 Segâh 1
May 8, 2023, Shawwal 18, 1444
Hüseyni 3 Muhayyer 1 Uşşak 2
May 1, 2023, Shawwal 11, 1444
Hicâz Hümayun 1 Hicâz 9
April 24, 2023, Shawwal 4, 1444
Hüseyni 4 Uşşak 1 Nevâ 1
April 10, 2023, Ramadan 20, 1444
Hicâz 6 Hüzzam 1
April 3, 2023, Ramadan 13, 1444
Nihavend 5
March 27, 2023, Ramadan 6, 1444
Uşşak 9
March 20, 2023, Sha'ban 28, 1444
Rast 2 Uşşak 1 Muhayyer Kürdi 1 Sabâ Zemzeme 1 Bestenigâr 1 Evic 2 Acemaşîran 2
March 13, 2023, Sha'ban 21, 1444
Acemaşîran 11 Mahûr 1
February 27, 2023, Sha'ban 7, 1444
Rast 9 Mahûr 2
February 20, 2023, Rajab 30, 1444
Acem 5 Beyâtî 2 Bûselik 3 Acembûselik 1 Şehnaz Buselik 1
January 30, 2023, Rajab 9, 1444
Evic 11 Ferahnâk 1
January 23, 2023, Rajab 2, 1444
Pençgâh 5 Mahûr 5
January 16, 2023, Jumada al-Akhirah 24, 1444
Uşşak 11
January 9, 2023, Jumada al-Akhirah 17, 1444
Sipihr 3 Muhayyer 5 Beyâtîaraban 2
January 2, 2023, Jumada al-Akhirah 10, 1444
Nihavend 12 Şehnaz Buselik 1
December 26, 2022, Jumada al-Akhirah 3, 1444
Sabâ 7 Beyâtî 6 Uşşak 1
December 19, 2022, Jumada al-Awwal 26, 1444
Hüseyni 14
December 5, 2022, Jumada al-Awwal 12, 1444
Segâh 6 Müstear 2 Hüzzam 1 Segâhmâye 1
November 28, 2022, Jumada al-Awwal 5, 1444
Rast 10 Mahûr 2
November 21, 2022, Rabi' al-Akhir 27, 1444
İsfahan 6 Nevâ 6
November 14, 2022, Rabi' al-Akhir 20, 1444
Sultanîyegâh 1 Hicâz 10
November 7, 2022, Rabi' al-Akhir 13, 1444
Segâh 10
October 31, 2022, Rabi' al-Akhir 6, 1444
Beyâtî 10
October 24, 2022, Rabi' al-Awwal 29, 1444
Nevâ 10
October 17, 2022, Rabi' al-Awwal 22, 1444
Hüzzam 10 Segâh 1
August 29, 2022, Safar 2, 1444
Irak 2 Eviç Bûselik 1 Bûselik 3 Acembûselik 1 Şehnaz Buselik 1
August 22, 2022, Muharram 25, 1444
Hüseyni 1 Uşşak 3 Muhayyer Kürdi 1 Hicazkâr 2 Sûzinâk 3
August 15, 2022, Muharram 18, 1444
Hicâz Hümayun 1 Hicâz 9
August 8, 2022, Muharram 11, 1444
Segâh 2 Hüzzam 4 Dügâhmâye 1 Uşşak 2 Hüseyni 1
August 1, 2022, Muharram 4, 1444
Rast 4 Hüzzam 3 Hicâz Hümayun 1 Hicâz 3
July 25, 2022, Dhu al-Hijjah 26, 1443
Sûzinâk 10
July 18, 2022, Dhu al-Hijjah 19, 1443
Neveser 2 Nihavend 12
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.