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
July 4, 2022, Dhu al-Hijjah 5, 1443
Hüseyni 1 Rast 3 Hicâz 6
June 27, 2022, Dhu al-Qa'dah 28, 1443
Şehnaz 10 Şehnaz Buselik 1
June 20, 2022, Dhu al-Qa'dah 21, 1443
Hüseyni 1 Beyâtî 9
June 13, 2022, Dhu al-Qa'dah 14, 1443
Rast 3 Nikriz 7 Mahûr 3 Zâvil 1
June 6, 2022, Dhu al-Qa'dah 7, 1443
Hüseyni 10 Beyâtî 1
May 30, 2022, Shawwal 29, 1443
Rast 4 Pençgâh 1 Hicâz 4 Sabâ 2 Hüseyni 3
March 9, 2020, Rajab 15, 1441
Segâh 2 Hüzzam 9
March 2, 2020, Rajab 8, 1441
Hicâz 12 Rast 1
February 24, 2020, Rajab 1, 1441
Pençgâh 6 Mahûr 5 Zâvil 1
February 17, 2020, Jumada al-Akhirah 23, 1441
Hicâz 5 Sabâ 4 Hüseyni 2
February 10, 2020, Jumada al-Akhirah 16, 1441
Hüseyni 11
February 3, 2020, Jumada al-Akhirah 9, 1441
Hüseyni 11
January 27, 2020, Jumada al-Akhirah 2, 1441
Uşşak 12
January 20, 2020, Jumada al-Awwal 25, 1441
Nühüft 1 Hüseyni 1 Nevâ 1 Karcığar 1 Nihavend 2 Hicâz 5
January 13, 2020, Jumada al-Awwal 18, 1441
Rast 1 Nühüft 2 Hüseyni 4 Nevâ 1 Uşşak 1 Beyâtî 1
January 6, 2020, Jumada al-Awwal 11, 1441
Bûselik 6 Hisar 2 Acembûselik 1 Şehnaz Buselik 1 Mahûr 1
December 30, 2019, Jumada al-Awwal 4, 1441
Rast 5 Mahûr 3 Zâvil 3
December 23, 2019, Rabi' al-Akhir 26, 1441
Rast 12 Mahûr 1
December 9, 2019, Rabi' al-Akhir 12, 1441
Rast 7 Segâh 4 Segâhmâye 1
December 2, 2019, Rabi' al-Akhir 5, 1441
Segâh 6 Müstear 2 Segâhmâye 1 Hüzzam 1
November 25, 2019, Rabi' al-Awwal 28, 1441
Hicâz 10 Hicâzzirgüle 1
November 18, 2019, Rabi' al-Awwal 21, 1441
Dügâh 3 Hicâz 6 Rast 1
November 11, 2019, Rabi' al-Awwal 14, 1441
Hüzzam 10 Segâh 1
November 4, 2019, Rabi' al-Awwal 7, 1441
Sabâ 6 Sabâ Zemzeme 1 Çargâh 2 Dügâh 1 Bestenigâr 2
October 28, 2019, Rabi' al-Awwal 1, 1441
Rast 7 Mahûr 3
October 21, 2019, Safar 22, 1441
Hüseyni 9
October 14, 2019, Safar 15, 1441
Hicâz 9 Hicâzzirgüle 1 Rast 1
October 7, 2019, Safar 8, 1441
Segâh 11
September 30, 2019, Safar 1, 1441
Rast 3 Uşşak 2 Hicâz 2 Hüzzam 2 Sûzinâk 1
September 23, 2019, Muharram 24, 1441
Sûzinâk 9 Hicazkâr 2
September 16, 2019, Muharram 17, 1441
Muhayyer Kürdi 1 Uşşak 4 Beyâtî 1 Hüzzam 5
September 2, 2019, Muharram 3, 1441
Hicâz Hümayun 1 Hicâz 5 Uşşak 4 Hüseyni 1
August 26, 2019, Dhu al-Hijjah 25, 1440
Evic 9 Ferahnâk 2
August 19, 2019, Dhu al-Hijjah 18, 1440
Hüseyni 7 Uşşak 2 Nevâ 1 Gerdâniye 1
August 5, 2019, Dhu al-Hijjah 4, 1440
Hüseyni 7 Beyâtî 2 Uşşak 1
July 29, 2019, Dhu al-Qa'dah 27, 1440
Sabâ 4
July 22, 2019, Dhu al-Qa'dah 20, 1440
Hüseyni 1 Uşşak 1 Beyâtî 1 Hicâz 6
July 15, 2019, Dhu al-Qa'dah 13, 1440
Şehnaz 10 Şehnaz Buselik 1
July 1, 2019, Shawwal 28, 1440
Hicâz Hümayun 1 Hicâz 10
June 24, 2019, Shawwal 21, 1440
Segâh 1 Muhayyer 6 Tahir 1 Beyâtîaraban 2 Hüseyni 1
June 17, 2019, Shawwal 14, 1440
Nihavend 9
June 10, 2019, Shawwal 7, 1440
Uşşak 4 Hüseyni 4 Nevâ 1 Gerdâniye 1 Muhayyer Kürdi 1
May 27, 2019, Ramadan 23, 1440
Acemkürdî 4 Acem 2
May 20, 2019, Ramadan 16, 1440
Hicâz 5
May 13, 2019, Ramadan 9, 1440
Nihavend 6
May 6, 2019, Ramadan 2, 1440
Uşşak 8
April 29, 2019, Sha'ban 24, 1440
Rast 3 Uşşak 1 Beyâtî 1 Muhayyer Kürdi 1 Sabâ 2 Bestenigâr 1 Evic 3 Acemaşîran 3 Mahûr 1
April 22, 2019, Sha'ban 17, 1440
Acemaşîran 12
April 15, 2019, Sha'ban 10, 1440
Sabâ 3 Bestenigâr 1 Rast 4 Hicâz 5
April 8, 2019, Sha'ban 3, 1440
Bûselik 4 Hisar 1 Acembûselik 1 Beyâtî 2 Acem 2 Hüseyni 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.