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 11, 2010, Muharram 26, 1431
Hüseyni 7 Uşşak 4
January 4, 2010, Muharram 19, 1431
Segâh 4 Hüzzam 6
December 21, 2009, Muharram 5, 1431
Hicâz Hümayun 1 Hicâz 3 Uşşak 3 Müstear 1 Segâh 1 Hüzzam 6
November 9, 2009, Dhu al-Qa'dah 22, 1430
Ferahnâk 7 Evic 4
March 30, 2009, Rabi' al-Akhir 4, 1430
Acem 7 Acemkürdî 4
March 23, 2009, Rabi' al-Awwal 27, 1430
Segâh 5 Rast 8 Mahûr 1
March 16, 2009, Rabi' al-Awwal 20, 1430
Nikriz 9 Zâvil 2 Mahûr 3 Şehnaz Buselik 1
March 9, 2009, Rabi' al-Awwal 13, 1430
Uşşak 14 Hüseyni 5
March 2, 2009, Rabi' al-Awwal 6, 1430
Hüzzam 12 Segâh 1
February 23, 2009, Safar 28, 1430
Bestenigâr 10 Çargâh 1
February 16, 2009, Safar 21, 1430
Rast 4 Zâvil 1 Nikriz 2 Mahûr 4
February 9, 2009, Safar 14, 1430
Segâh 2 Hüzzam 10
January 26, 2009, Muharram 30, 1430
Rast 4 Hüzzam 3 Hicâz 3 Uşşak 3
January 19, 2009, Muharram 23, 1430
Hicâz Hümayun 1 Hicâz 7
January 12, 2009, Muharram 16, 1430
Dügâh 1 Sabâ 2 Uşşak 5 Dügâhmâye 1 Hüseyni 1
January 5, 2009, Muharram 9, 1430
Segâh 4 Hüzzam 6
December 29, 2008, Muharram 2, 1430
Rast 8 Mahûr 1
December 22, 2008, Dhu al-Hijjah 24, 1429
Hicâz 11 Sûzinâk 2 Hüzzam 6
December 15, 2008, Dhu al-Hijjah 17, 1429
Uşşak 13
August 11, 2008, Sha'ban 9, 1429
Ferahfezâ 2 Sultanîyegâh 1 Beyâtî 5 Acem 3
November 12, 2007, Dhu al-Qa'dah 3, 1428
Segâh 10 Müstear 1 Segâhmâye 1
October 22, 2007, Shawwal 11, 1428
Rast 8 Nikriz 3
October 15, 2007, Shawwal 4, 1428
Hüseyni 10 Uşşak 1 Nevâ 1
September 17, 2007, Ramadan 6, 1428
Pençgâh 3 Nikriz 3 Zâvil 1 Mahûr 2
September 10, 2007, Sha'ban 28, 1428
Rast 3 Sabâ 2 Uşşak 1 Bestenigâr 2 Evic 3 Acemaşîran 2 Mahûr 1 Rast 3 Sabâ 2 Uşşak 1 Bestenigâr 2 Evic 3 Acemaşîran 2 Mahûr 1
September 3, 2007, Sha'ban 21, 1428
İsfahan 2 Rast 2 Şedaraban 1 Uşşak 1 Sabâ 1 Bestenigâr 1 Evic 2 Acemaşîran 2 Hüzzam 2
July 23, 2007, Rajab 9, 1428
Hüseyni 9 Hüzzam 1
March 18, 1996, Shawwal 28, 1416
Rast 17 Mahûr 1
October 23, 1991, Rabi' al-Akhir 15, 1412
October 16, 1991, Rabi' al-Akhir 8, 1412
October 9, 1991, Rabi' al-Akhir 1, 1412
September 9, 1991, Rabi' al-Awwal 1, 1412
September 2, 1991, Safar 23, 1412
Bestenigâr 17 Evic 18 Ferahnâk 1
August 26, 1991, Safar 16, 1412
August 19, 1991, Safar 9, 1412
August 12, 1991, Safar 2, 1412
August 5, 1991, Muharram 25, 1412
July 29, 1991, Muharram 18, 1412
July 22, 1991, Muharram 11, 1412
July 15, 1991, Muharram 4, 1412
July 8, 1991, Dhu al-Hijjah 26, 1411
June 30, 1991, Dhu al-Hijjah 18, 1411
June 17, 1991, Dhu al-Hijjah 5, 1411
June 10, 1991, Dhu al-Qa'dah 28, 1411
June 3, 1991, Dhu al-Qa'dah 21, 1411
May 27, 1991, Dhu al-Qa'dah 14, 1411
May 20, 1991, Dhu al-Qa'dah 7, 1411
May 13, 1991, Shawwal 29, 1411
May 6, 1991, Shawwal 22, 1411
April 29, 1991, Shawwal 15, 1411
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.