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
August 14, 2017, Dhu al-Qa'dah 22, 1438
Rast 8 Mahûr 2
August 7, 2017, Dhu al-Qa'dah 15, 1438
Segâh 8 Hüzzam 2
July 17, 2017, Shawwal 23, 1438
Ferahnâk 3 Evic 10
July 10, 2017, Shawwal 16, 1438
Muhayyer 5 Tahir 1 Beyâtîaraban 2 Muhayyer Kürdi 2
July 3, 2017, Shawwal 9, 1438
Ferahfezâ 3 Sultanîyegâh 3 Hüseyni 4 Muhayyer Kürdi 1
June 19, 2017, Ramadan 25, 1438
Rast 1 Hüzzam 4
June 12, 2017, Ramadan 18, 1438
Hicâz 5
June 5, 2017, Ramadan 11, 1438
Sabâ Zemzeme 1 Sabâ 2 Bestenigâr 1 Çargâh 1
May 29, 2017, Ramadan 4, 1438
Rast 5 Mahûr 1
May 22, 2017, Sha'ban 26, 1438
Rast 2 Uşşak 1 Muhayyer Kürdi 1 Sabâ 1 Bestenigâr 1 Evic 2 Acemaşîran 4 Mahûr 1
May 15, 2017, Sha'ban 19, 1438
Suzîdil 9 Bûselik 3 Acembûselik 1 Şehnaz Buselik 1
May 8, 2017, Sha'ban 12, 1438
Sabâ 6 Sabâ Zemzeme 1 Bestenigâr 1 Hicâz 6 Rast 1
May 1, 2017, Sha'ban 5, 1438
Acem 8 Beyâtî 3
April 24, 2017, Rajab 28, 1438
Uşşak 9 Hüseyni 1
April 17, 2017, Rajab 21, 1438
Hüzzam 2 Segâh 1 Hüseyni 2 Uşşak 2 Hicâz 6
April 10, 2017, Rajab 14, 1438
Nihavend 10 Neveser 1
April 3, 2017, Rajab 7, 1438
Pençgâh 5 Mahûr 5 Zâvil 2
March 27, 2017, Jumada al-Akhirah 29, 1438
Pençgâh 1 Çargâh 3 Sabâ Zemzeme 1 Sabâ 6 Bestenigâr 2
March 20, 2017, Jumada al-Akhirah 22, 1438
Hicazkâr 11 Sûzinâk 1
March 13, 2017, Jumada al-Akhirah 15, 1438
Hüseyni 11
March 6, 2017, Jumada al-Akhirah 8, 1438
Şedaraban 5 Nihavend 8
February 27, 2017, Jumada al-Akhirah 1, 1438
Evic 11 Ferahnâk 1
February 13, 2017, Jumada al-Awwal 17, 1438
Muhayyer Sünbüle 1 Nühüft 1 Hüseyni 4 Uşşak 1 Beyâtî 1 Hicâz 6
February 6, 2017, Jumada al-Awwal 10, 1438
Hüseyni 8
January 30, 2017, Jumada al-Awwal 3, 1438
Rast 8 Mahûr 4 Zâvil 1
January 23, 2017, Rabi' al-Akhir 25, 1438
Ferahfezâ 3 Sultanîyegâh 1 Acemaşîran 9
January 16, 2017, Rabi' al-Akhir 18, 1438
Nevâ 10 İsfahan 1 Yegâh 1
January 2, 2017, Rabi' al-Akhir 4, 1438
Pençgâh 6 Nikriz 5 Mahûr 2
December 26, 2016, Rabi' al-Awwal 27, 1438
Uşşak 8 Hüseyni 3 Gerdâniye 1
December 19, 2016, Rabi' al-Awwal 20, 1438
Hüzzam 10 Segâh 2 Segâhmâye 1
December 12, 2016, Rabi' al-Awwal 13, 1438
Sabâ 2 Nihavend 7 Segâhmâye 1 Segâh 3 Hüzzam 3
December 5, 2016, Rabi' al-Awwal 6, 1438
Uşşak 8 Beyâtî 1 Hüseyni 2
November 28, 2016, Safar 28, 1438
Hüzzam 6 Segâh 5 Segâhmâye 1
November 21, 2016, Safar 21, 1438
Bûselik 5 Acembûselik 1 Hicâz 6 Rast 1
November 14, 2016, Safar 14, 1438
Nikriz 11 Zâvil 1 Rast 1 Mahûr 1
November 7, 2016, Safar 7, 1438
Acem 7 Beyâtî 3 Uşşak 1
October 31, 2016, Muharram 30, 1438
Hüzzam 1 Uşşak 5 Hüseyni 12
October 24, 2016, Muharram 23, 1438
Şehnaz Buselik 1 Hüseyni 4 Uşşak 6 Nevâ 1
October 17, 2016, Muharram 16, 1438
Hicâz Hümayun 1 Hicâz 10
October 10, 2016, Muharram 9, 1438
Segâh 3 Hüzzam 8
October 3, 2016, Muharram 2, 1438
Rast 1 Sûzinâk 4 Segâh 1 Hüzzam 2 Hicâz 3
September 19, 2016, Dhu al-Hijjah 17, 1437
Hüseyni 13 Gerdâniye 1
September 5, 2016, Dhu al-Hijjah 3, 1437
Segâh 7 Hüzzam 4
August 29, 2016, Dhu al-Qa'dah 26, 1437
Sabâ Zemzeme 1 Sabâ 4 Bestenigâr 1 Hicâz 6
August 22, 2016, Dhu al-Qa'dah 19, 1437
Rast 7 Segâh 1 Mahûr 3
August 1, 2016, Shawwal 27, 1437
Şedaraban 5 Nihavend 7
July 25, 2016, Shawwal 20, 1437
Muhayyer Sünbüle 1 Muhayyer 5 Tahir 1 Beyâtîaraban 2 Muhayyer Kürdi 2
October 19, 2015, Muharram 6, 1437
Segâh 4 Hüzzam 6
March 16, 2015, Jumada al-Awwal 26, 1436
Nevâ 12
March 24, 2014, Jumada al-Awwal 23, 1435
Nühüft 1 Hüseyni 5 Uşşak 1 Karcığar 1 Beyâtî 1 Hicâz 4
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.