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
April 1, 2019, Rajab 26, 1440
Hüzzam 4 Segâh 1 Hicâz 4 Şevkutarab 1 Hüseyni 2 Uşşak 3
March 25, 2019, Rajab 19, 1440
Hicâz 15
March 18, 2019, Rajab 12, 1440
Çargâh 1 Sabâ 1 Segâh 2 Rast 4 Mahûr 1 Hüseyni 1 Nevâ 1 Beyâtî 1 Hicâz 8
March 11, 2019, Rajab 5, 1440
Uşşak 5 Hüzzam 12
March 4, 2019, Jumada al-Akhirah 27, 1440
Segâh 8 Zâvil 1 Hicâz 1 Hicazî Uşşak 1 Hüseyni 4 Nevâ 5
February 25, 2019, Jumada al-Akhirah 20, 1440
Mahûr 12 Zâvil 2
February 18, 2019, Jumada al-Akhirah 13, 1440
Nihavend 1 Nikriz 1 Rast 2 Pençgâh 1 Hicâz 3 Sabâ 2 Hüseyni 3
February 4, 2019, Jumada al-Awwal 29, 1440
Rast 9 Mahûr 2
January 28, 2019, Jumada al-Awwal 22, 1440
Nühüft 1 Hüseyni 5 Nevâ 1 Uşşak 1 Beyâtî 1 Nihavend 2 Hicâz 3
January 21, 2019, Jumada al-Awwal 15, 1440
Nihavend 9 Neveser 1
January 14, 2019, Jumada al-Awwal 8, 1440
Ferahnâk 3 Evic 9
January 7, 2019, Jumada al-Awwal 1, 1440
Nihavend 2 Hicazkâr 2 Uşşak 2 Hüseyni 4
December 31, 2018, Rabi' al-Akhir 23, 1440
Nevâ 11
December 24, 2018, Rabi' al-Akhir 16, 1440
Nihavend 5 Hüseyni 2 Nevâ 1 Beyâtî 1
December 17, 2018, Rabi' al-Akhir 9, 1440
Uşşak 8 Segâh 2 Segâhmâye 1
December 10, 2018, Rabi' al-Akhir 2, 1440
Sabâ 5 Sabâ Zemzeme 1 Hüzzam 6 Segâhmâye 1 Segâh 1
December 3, 2018, Rabi' al-Awwal 25, 1440
Müstear 1 Segâh 1 Hüzzam 2 Hicâz 6
November 26, 2018, Rabi' al-Awwal 18, 1440
Hüzzam 12
November 12, 2018, Rabi' al-Awwal 4, 1440
Çargâh 3 Sabâ 5 Bestenigâr 3
November 5, 2018, Safar 26, 1440
Ferahnâk 3 Evic 8
October 29, 2018, Safar 19, 1440
Suzîdil 8 Bûselik 3 Acembûselik 1 Şehnaz Buselik 1
October 22, 2018, Safar 12, 1440
Acem 10 Beyâtî 1
October 15, 2018, Safar 5, 1440
Hicâz 10 Hicâzzirgüle 1
October 8, 2018, Muharram 28, 1440
Uşşak 8 Dügâhmâye 1 Hüseyni 1
October 1, 2018, Muharram 21, 1440
Hicazkâr 5 Sûzinâk 6
September 24, 2018, Muharram 14, 1440
Segâh 3 Müstear 1 Hüzzam 6
September 17, 2018, Muharram 7, 1440
Hicâz Hümayun 1 Hicâz 9
September 10, 2018, Dhu al-Hijjah 30, 1439
Hüseyni 3 Uşşak 5
September 3, 2018, Dhu al-Hijjah 23, 1439
Ferahfezâ 2 Sultanîyegâh 3 Acemaşîran 9
August 27, 2018, Dhu al-Hijjah 16, 1439
Uşşak 6 Hüseyni 5 Gerdâniye 1
August 13, 2018, Dhu al-Hijjah 2, 1439
Hüseyni 5 Uşşak 4 Beyâtî 3 Gerdâniye 1
April 16, 2018, Sha'ban 1, 1439
Segâh 2 Hüzzam 2 Acem 3 Beyâtî 2
March 12, 2018, Jumada al-Akhirah 25, 1439
Sabâ Zemzeme 2 Sabâ 6 Hicâz 4
February 19, 2018, Jumada al-Akhirah 4, 1439
Nihavend 1 Nikriz 1 Pençgâh 1 Hüseyni 3 Beyâtî 1 Hicâz 4
February 12, 2018, Jumada al-Awwal 27, 1439
Yegâh 6 Nevâ 6
February 5, 2018, Jumada al-Awwal 20, 1439
January 8, 2018, Rabi' al-Akhir 21, 1439
Hüseyni 2 Uşşak 1 Beyâtî 1 Segâh 2 Hüzzam 2 Rast 1 Hicâz 6
December 4, 2017, Rabi' al-Awwal 16, 1439
Hüzzam 7 Müstear 1 Segâh 4 Segâhmâye 1
November 27, 2017, Rabi' al-Awwal 9, 1439
Rast 10 Mahûr 2
November 20, 2017, Rabi' al-Awwal 2, 1439
Çargâh 1 Sabâ Zemzeme 1 Sabâ 4 Hüseyni 4 Uşşak 1 Nevâ 1
November 13, 2017, Safar 24, 1439
Nikriz 6 Zâvil 2 Mahûr 3
November 6, 2017, Safar 17, 1439
Acem 10 Beyâtî 1
October 30, 2017, Safar 10, 1439
Hicâz 9 Hicâz Hümayun 1 Hicâzzirgüle 1 Rast 1
October 23, 2017, Safar 3, 1439
Rast 4 Hüzzam 3 Uşşak 2 Hicâz 3 Sûzinâk 1
October 16, 2017, Muharram 26, 1439
Sûzinâk 10 Hicazkâr 1
October 2, 2017, Muharram 12, 1439
Hüseyni 3 Uşşak 3 Hicâz 5
September 18, 2017, Dhu al-Hijjah 27, 1438
Şehnaz 10 Şehnaz Buselik 1
September 11, 2017, Dhu al-Hijjah 20, 1438
Segâh 6 Hüzzam 7
August 28, 2017, Dhu al-Hijjah 6, 1438
Hüseyni 6 Uşşak 3 Beyâtî 1 Gerdâniye 1
August 21, 2017, Dhu al-Qa'dah 29, 1438
Sabâ 3 Bestenigâr 2 Hicâz 6
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.