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
March 17, 2014, Jumada al-Awwal 16, 1435
Şehnaz 12 Şehnaz Buselik 1 Mahûr 1
March 3, 2014, Jumada al-Awwal 2, 1435
Rast 11 Mahûr 2
February 24, 2014, Rabi' al-Akhir 24, 1435
Bestenigâr 9 Evic 8 Ferahnâk 1
February 17, 2014, Rabi' al-Akhir 17, 1435
Şedaraban 5 Nihavend 9
February 10, 2014, Rabi' al-Akhir 10, 1435
Nühüft 2 Nevâ 1 Dilkeşhaveran 1 Hüseyni 4 Uşşak 1 Karcığar 1 Beyâtî 1
February 3, 2014, Rabi' al-Akhir 3, 1435
Mahûr 11 Zâvil 2 Şehnaz Buselik 1
January 27, 2014, Rabi' al-Awwal 26, 1435
Uşşak 10 Hüseyni 1
January 20, 2014, Rabi' al-Awwal 19, 1435
Segâh 7 Beyâtî 10
January 13, 2014, Rabi' al-Awwal 12, 1435
Rast 7 Mahûr 1 Uşşak 4 Hüseyni 1
January 6, 2014, Safar 6, 1435
Hüzzam 14
May 27, 2013, Rajab 18, 1434
Bûselik 6 Hisar 1 Acembûselik 1 Şehnaz Buselik 2
August 27, 2012, Shawwal 10, 1433
Muhayyer Sünbüle 1 Muhayyer 5 Tahir 1 Beyâtîaraban 2 Muhayyer Kürdi 1
September 12, 2011, Shawwal 14, 1432
Yegâh 5 Nevâ 11
April 11, 2011, Jumada al-Awwal 8, 1432
Hicâz 6 Hicâzzirgüle 1 Segâh 3 Hüzzam 3
April 4, 2011, Jumada al-Awwal 1, 1432
Rast 8 Mahûr 4
March 21, 2011, Rabi' al-Akhir 16, 1432
Hicâz 4 Acemkürdî 1 Hüseyni 6 Nevâ 1
March 7, 2011, Rabi' al-Akhir 2, 1432
Rast 8 Mahûr 4
February 28, 2011, Rabi' al-Awwal 25, 1432
Rast 1 Nikriz 1 Hicâz 4 Hüseyni 6 Hüzzam 3
February 7, 2011, Rabi' al-Awwal 4, 1432
Şevkutarab 1 Çargâh 1 Sabâ 1 Segâh 1 Hüzzam 2 Rast 3 Mahûr 1 Hicâz 3 Uşşak 5 Nevâ 1
January 24, 2011, Safar 19, 1432
Segâh 2 Hüzzam 1 Uşşak 5 Hüseyni 6 Rast 3 Nikriz 2 Acemkürdî 1 Hicâz 2 Nevâ 1
January 17, 2011, Safar 12, 1432
Neveser 1 Nihavend 2 Hüzzam 1 Rast 2 Hisar 1 Uşşak 3 Hüseyni 4 Hûzi 1 Nevâ 1
January 3, 2011, Muharram 28, 1432
Rast 2 Uşşak 3 Sûzinâk 2 Hüzzam 3 Hicâz 3
December 27, 2010, Muharram 21, 1432
Rast 10 Mahûr 1
December 20, 2010, Muharram 14, 1432
Hicâz Hümayun 1 Hicâz 2 Uşşak 2 Hüzzam 5 Sûzinâk 2
December 13, 2010, Muharram 7, 1432
Sabâ 1 Hicâz 2 Rast 2 Hüseyni 3 Uşşak 4 Neveser 1 Sûzinâk 2
December 6, 2010, Dhu al-Hijjah 30, 1431
Sabâ 1 Hicâz 2 Rast 2 Uşşak 2 Neveser 1 Sûzinâk 2 Segâh 1 Hüzzam 4
November 29, 2010, Dhu al-Hijjah 23, 1431
Hicâz 4 Acemaşîran 1 Bestenigâr 1 Sabâ 1 Hüzzam 2 Bûselik 1 Hüseyni 3 Uşşak 1 Gerdâniye 1
September 27, 2010, Shawwal 19, 1431
Evic 10 Ferahnâk 1
September 20, 2010, Shawwal 12, 1431
Hüzzam 12
August 2, 2010, Sha'ban 22, 1431
Acemaşîran 11 Mahûr 1
July 19, 2010, Sha'ban 8, 1431
Acem 6 Beyâtî 3
July 5, 2010, Rajab 24, 1431
Segâh 9 Hüzzam 2 Segâhmâye 1
June 28, 2010, Rajab 17, 1431
Hicâz 10
June 7, 2010, Jumada al-Akhirah 25, 1431
Hicâz Hümayun 1 Hicâz 8 Rast 1
May 31, 2010, Jumada al-Akhirah 18, 1431
Uşşak 15
May 24, 2010, Jumada al-Akhirah 11, 1431
Hüseyni 10
May 17, 2010, Jumada al-Akhirah 4, 1431
Suzîdil 8
May 10, 2010, Jumada al-Awwal 27, 1431
Hüseyni 5
May 3, 2010, Jumada al-Awwal 20, 1431
Rast 4 Hüseyni 7 Nühüft 1 Uşşak 2
April 26, 2010, Jumada al-Awwal 13, 1431
Rast 13 Mahûr 2
April 19, 2010, Jumada al-Awwal 6, 1431
Hüzzam 10 Segâh 1
April 12, 2010, Rabi' al-Akhir 28, 1431
Şehnaz 11 Şehnaz Buselik 1 Mahûr 1
March 15, 2010, Rabi' al-Awwal 30, 1431
Çargâh 3 Sabâ 8
March 8, 2010, Rabi' al-Awwal 23, 1431
Uşşak 5 Hüseyni 2 Nevâ 4
March 1, 2010, Rabi' al-Awwal 16, 1431
Rast 10 Mahûr 1
February 22, 2010, Rabi' al-Awwal 9, 1431
Rast 1 Nikriz 3 Mahûr 1 Hüzzam 4 Hüseyni 7
February 15, 2010, Rabi' al-Awwal 2, 1431
Nühüft 1 Hüseyni 2 Beyâtî 1 Rast 1 Bestenigâr 1 Evic 2 Ferahnâk 1 Hicâz 3
February 8, 2010, Safar 24, 1431
Hüzzam 10 Segâh 1
February 1, 2010, Safar 17, 1431
Acemaşîran 14
January 18, 2010, Safar 3, 1431
Rast 2 Hüzzam 3 Uşşak 3 Hicâz 3 Sûzinâk 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.