Jump to content

Mevlevi ayin

From MuGlobe.com
Category: Genre

Summary

Mevlevi ayin is the composed vocal and instrumental repertory associated with the Mevlevi Sema ceremony. It belongs to a developed devotional musical world in which poetic meaning, makam, rhythmic organization and ritual progression work together. The familiar image of whirling participants shows only one part of that whole. An ayin is more specific than any atmospheric ney improvisation or concert marketed as Sufi music. Its cultural identity includes inherited compositions, trained musicians and the spiritual relationships through which the ceremony is understood and practiced. [1]

Contemporary and trending

The repertory continues through musicians, teachers, ensembles, ceremonial groups, recordings and public performances. Konya and Istanbul remain defining references, while practitioners and students elsewhere sustain connected knowledge. Presentations vary in purpose and duration, from devotional occasions to concert or visitor-oriented programmes. A listener can enjoy an introductory performance while still learning how it relates to a fuller ceremony. Musical continuity depends on skilled transmission and attention to form, rather than on visual familiarity alone. Repertory study and practical ensemble experience contribute different but complementary kinds of understanding.

History

Mevlevi institutions developed from the religious and literary world associated with Jalal al-Din Rumi and expanded within the Ottoman sphere. Their lodges became consequential places for musical learning as well as devotion. The closure of religious lodges in the early Turkish Republic profoundly altered the conditions of transmission and public practice. Later permitted performances and renewed groups created new pathways, with different relationships to ritual and cultural presentation. This history requires attention to changing institutions rather than a claim that every modern performance either perfectly preserves or entirely abandons an original form.

Musical characteristics

Listen to the interplay between voice, ney, percussion and other instruments, and to the way a composed sequence unfolds beyond an isolated beautiful phrase. Ayin organization includes multiple sections, while makam and rhythmic cycles shape expectation and transition. Instrumental introductions or improvisations can prepare the listener for what follows, but are not equivalent to the complete work. The ney is especially recognizable, yet its expressive power emerges through breathing, articulation and melodic knowledge. A long performance rewards attention to pacing and return as well as to immediately striking timbre. [1]

Geography and communities

Konya and Istanbul are linked centers inside a wider Turkish devotional and art-music public. Broad overlapping central and northwestern fields represent musicians, teaching and cultural familiarity beyond the doors of a single lodge. Western European learning and diaspora networks form a weaker detached continuation. The map is not intended to reproduce the historical reach of an order as a current audience census. It follows living connections among practitioners, institutions and listeners, while leaving room for other Turkish religious and musical traditions whose territories overlap but whose repertories differ.

Artists

Composers such as Dede Efendi and Itrî connect the repertory to wider Ottoman musical history. Ney artists including Niyazi Sayın and Kudsi Erguner provide different recorded and pedagogical routes into its sound world. Erguner's Smithsonian recording documents related instrumental forms and teaching connections, but should not be mistaken for a complete ceremonial ayin. Vocalists, percussionists and ensemble directors deserve parallel attention. Comparing an instrumental excerpt with a full composition makes clear how individual mastery contributes to a larger musical and ritual architecture. [2]

Representative performances

These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.

MuGlobe listening profile
Repertoire Field use Notes
classical regional Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.
MuGlobe representative performances
Artist Performance / song / title Embedded player URL Notes Repertoire kind Repertoire date Recording date Format Opening Places Fit Evidence Review note MuGlobe favorite Current hit Authentic
Cinuçen Tanrıkorur Bayâtîaraban Mevlevî Âyîn-i Şerîfi — Radio France/Ocora, 1984 https://www.youtube.com/embed/jcnT2-xEkBo The composer performs his Mevlevi ayin on oud and voice in the documented Radio France recording. This reduced musical rendition is not presented as a complete sema ceremony with its full ensemble and ritual actions.[3] classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. false false false
Konya Türk Tasavvuf Müziği Topluluğu Bayati Araban Ayin-i Şerifi — Cinuçen Tanrıkorur https://www.youtube.com/embed/KC6dtyWKTHI The Konya Turkish Sufi Music Ensemble's own performance of Tanrıkorur's composition. This ensemble interpretation complements the composer's voice-and-oud recording and distinguishes the composer from the performers.[4] Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. classical unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 20 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. false false false
Mutriban Ensemble; İbrahim Suat Erbay; Yasin Özçimi; Hüseyin Avni Özaydın; Hasan Kiriş Sûzidîl Mevlevî Âyîni Şerîfi - Mutriban Ensemble https://www.youtube.com/embed/It5uVEG8q3M Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Zahit İpek. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-26. Primary Yenikapı Sûzidîl ayin identifies actual Naat/ney/taksim players and concluding Qur’an reciter Murat Taştekin; composer Emin Dede not a current musician. Traditional full rite, not a newly invented pop vocal credit. Video publication: 2026-09-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[5] classical unknown 2026-04-26 live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Zahit İpek. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-04-26. Primary Yenikapı Sûzidîl ayin identifies actual Naat/ney/taksim players and concluding Qur’an reciter Murat Taştekin; composer Emin Dede not a current musician. Traditional full rite, not a newly invented pop vocal credit. false false false
Mutriban Ensemble Rast Mevlevî Âyîn-i Şerîfi - Mutriban Ensemble - 16 Kasım 2025 https://www.youtube.com/embed/jEqF368_cgk Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Zahit İpek. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-11-16. Specific composed Mevlevi ayin or documented selam/peşrev component performed by actual ensemble. Ottoman composer is not a present-day performer. Full ceremonies may include their traditional closing recitation/gülbank; not sermon-only or generic ambient ney music. Video publication: 2026-04-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[6] classical unknown 2025-11-16 live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Zahit İpek. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-11-16. Specific composed Mevlevi ayin or documented selam/peşrev component performed by actual ensemble. Ottoman composer is not a present-day performer. Full ceremonies may include their traditional closing recitation/gülbank; not sermon-only or generic ambient ney music. false false false
İstanbul Tarihi Türk Müziği Topluluğu; Büşra Biçer; Hüseyin Avni Özaydın; Özata Ayan İTTMT - Hüzzam Mevlevî Ayin-i Şerifi - 23.12.2025 (Alt Yazılı ve Açıklamalı) https://www.youtube.com/embed/S3eJh3YMtrw?start=906 Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: İstanbul Tarihi Türk Müziği Topluluğu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-12-23. Primary AKM performance subtitles/annotations are not a spoken lecture. Start at documented Naat15:06 after ceremonial preparation/entrances; full musical ayin and traditional closing rite preserved. Composer Tanburi Osman Bey not a current performer. Video publication: 2026-04-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[7] classical unknown 2025-12-23 live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: İstanbul Tarihi Türk Müziği Topluluğu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-12-23. Primary AKM performance subtitles/annotations are not a spoken lecture. Start at documented Naat15:06 after ceremonial preparation/entrances; full musical ayin and traditional closing rite preserved. Composer Tanburi Osman Bey not a current performer. false false false
Konya Türk Tasavvuf Müziği Topluluğu KONYA TÜRK TASAVVUF MÜZİĞİ TOPLULUĞU Hüseyin Fahrettin Dede'nin Acemaşiran Mevlevi Ayin-i Şerifi https://www.youtube.com/embed/CiTu71o-SME Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Konya Türk Tasavvuf Müziği Topluluğu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2024-06-29. Primary state ensemble explicitly dates actual live Acemaşiran ayin29June2024. HüseyinFahrettinDede composer,2025 upload separate; complete selam/peşrev sequence musical. Video publication: 2025-10-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[8] classical unknown 2024-06-29 live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Konya Türk Tasavvuf Müziği Topluluğu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2024-06-29. Primary state ensemble explicitly dates actual live Acemaşiran ayin29June2024. HüseyinFahrettinDede composer,2025 upload separate; complete selam/peşrev sequence musical. false false false
Ahmet Çalışır; Murat Salim Tokaç; Mevlevi ayin ensemble Segah Mevlevi Ayini - Buhurizade Mustafa Efendi - Itri https://www.youtube.com/embed/w0TLxikeVwM Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Metropol Music Production Channel Turkey. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary2010 album credits actual Naat/recitation Ahmet Çalışır and closing tanbur Murat Salim Tokaç. Itri/NayiOsmanDede/NeyzenSalimBey are composers; label Metropol not the musician. Video publication: 2024-06-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[9] classical unknown unknown audio unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Metropol Music Production Channel Turkey. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary2010 album credits actual Naat/recitation Ahmet Çalışır and closing tanbur Murat Salim Tokaç. Itri/NayiOsmanDede/NeyzenSalimBey are composers; label Metropol not the musician. false false false
Sadreddin Özçimi; ensemble Sultanıyegah Taksim & Ferahfeza Mevlevi Ayini "4. Selam" - Sadreddin Özçimi https://www.youtube.com/embed/8W2HSHzpyko Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Lila Müzik. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Sultanıyegah taksim and Ferahfeza4thSelam from Mevlana Museum commemorative album.800th-anniversary context is not2023 new session; Dede Efendi is composer. Video publication: 2023-02-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[10] classical unknown unknown audio unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Lila Müzik. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Sultanıyegah taksim and Ferahfeza4thSelam from Mevlana Museum commemorative album.800th-anniversary context is not2023 new session; Dede Efendi is composer. false false false
İstanbul Tarihi Türk Müziği Topluluğu İTTMT - Mevlevi Ayini Bestekarları ve Eserleri Konseri / 07.10.2020 https://www.youtube.com/embed/UkEjNK7FEoI Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: İstanbul Tarihi Türk Müziği Topluluğu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020-10-07. Actual composed-ayin repertoire concert, not a generic Sufi playlist or an artist lecture; original composer dates not session. Video publication: 2022-01-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[11] classical unknown 2020-10-07 live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: İstanbul Tarihi Türk Müziği Topluluğu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020-10-07. Actual composed-ayin repertoire concert, not a generic Sufi playlist or an artist lecture; original composer dates not session. false false false
Meali-yi Sema musical ensemble (individuals uncredited) 17 Aralık 2021 Meali-yi Sema Nayi Osman Dede'nin Rast Mevlevi Ayin-i Şerifi https://www.youtube.com/embed/dbn0vfFRhSk Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: MEFTUN. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2021-12-17. Specific composed Mevlevi ayin or documented selam/peşrev component performed by actual ensemble. Ottoman composer is not a present-day performer. Full ceremonies may include their traditional closing recitation/gülbank; not sermon-only or generic ambient ney music. Video publication: 2021-12-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[12] classical unknown 2021-12-17 live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: MEFTUN. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2021-12-17. Specific composed Mevlevi ayin or documented selam/peşrev component performed by actual ensemble. Ottoman composer is not a present-day performer. Full ceremonies may include their traditional closing recitation/gülbank; not sermon-only or generic ambient ney music. false false false
Konya Mevlana Kültür Merkezi ayin ensemble Sûzidilara Mevlevî Âyin-i Şerif’i https://www.youtube.com/embed/RHkHMcMtPqc Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Semazen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020-10-31. Actual Sûzidilara composed by SultanSelimIII at documented internationalMevlana center event; composer not present performer. Video publication: 2020-11-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[13] classical unknown 2020-10-31 live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Semazen. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020-10-31. Actual Sûzidilara composed by SultanSelimIII at documented internationalMevlana center event; composer not present performer. false false false
Havva Nur Balcı Rast Mevlevî Âyini Son Peşrev ve Son Yürük https://www.youtube.com/embed/H-UuwkXlqRc Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Havva Nur Balcı. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary self-contained musical performance of actual Rast closing peşrev/yürük component; no spoken instruction or invented full-ceremony claim. Video publication: 2020-10-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[14] classical unknown unknown live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Havva Nur Balcı. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary self-contained musical performance of actual Rast closing peşrev/yürük component; no spoken instruction or invented full-ceremony claim. false false false
Konya Türk Tasavvuf Müziği Topluluğu Acembuselik Mevlevi Ayini Şerifi https://www.youtube.com/embed/vnu0392HHYk Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Ney ve Tanbur Dinletileri. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018-12-17. Specific composed Mevlevi ayin or documented selam/peşrev component performed by actual ensemble. Ottoman composer is not a present-day performer. Full ceremonies may include their traditional closing recitation/gülbank; not sermon-only or generic ambient ney music. Video publication: 2020-07-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[15] classical unknown 2018-12-17 live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Ney ve Tanbur Dinletileri. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018-12-17. Specific composed Mevlevi ayin or documented selam/peşrev component performed by actual ensemble. Ottoman composer is not a present-day performer. Full ceremonies may include their traditional closing recitation/gülbank; not sermon-only or generic ambient ney music. false false false
Ahmed Şahin; Sadreddin Özçimi; TRT Meşk ensemble Ahmed Şahin ile Meşk - Ney Taksimi, Ferahfezâ Mevlevi Âyini 1. Selam, 4. Selam, Son Peşrev&Son Yürük https://www.youtube.com/embed/ovPEXTsa5ns Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Ahmed Şahin ile Meşk. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual named ney/ayin vocal ensemble’s Ferahfeza selections and taksim; composer Dede Efendi not a current voice. Musical broadcast segment, not whole talk show. Video publication: 2020-02-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[16] classical unknown unknown live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Ahmed Şahin ile Meşk. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual named ney/ayin vocal ensemble’s Ferahfeza selections and taksim; composer Dede Efendi not a current voice. Musical broadcast segment, not whole talk show. false false false
İstanbul Meydan Meşkleri Topluluğu Acemaşiran Mevlevi Ayini | İDTMAUT | Tasavvuf, İrfan ve Meydan Meşkleri Bölümü https://www.youtube.com/embed/V4nD-W60mAM?start=79 Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: İstanbul Meydan Meşkleri Topluluğu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Acemaşiran musical rite; start at Naat01:19 following girizgah, not an unrelated generic ney meditation. Video publication: 2019-05-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[17] classical unknown unknown live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: İstanbul Meydan Meşkleri Topluluğu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Acemaşiran musical rite; start at Naat01:19 following girizgah, not an unrelated generic ney meditation. false false false
TUMAC İcra Heyeti; Rûhî Ayangil; Memduh Özyalvaç TUMAC BSE No.1 - Dinleti: Ferahfezâ Mevlevî Âyîn-i Şerîfi, Hammâmîzâde İsmail Dede Efendi https://www.youtube.com/embed/6IGQqwAdD8M Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Türk Müziği Akademik Çevresi. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-01-26. Primary explicitly says this performance followed Ozan Baysal’s separate presentation. Actual musical recording credits Ayangil kanun/voice, Özyalvaç Naat/ayin, Aslıhan Eruzun Özel kemençe, Korkutalp Bilgin tanbur, Burçin Bahadır Güner ud, Ahmet C.Altınkaynak ney, Bâkî Enis Balakbabalar percussion; lecturer not substituted as singer. Video publication: 2019-03-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[18] classical unknown 2019-01-26 live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Türk Müziği Akademik Çevresi. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-01-26. Primary explicitly says this performance followed Ozan Baysal’s separate presentation. Actual musical recording credits Ayangil kanun/voice, Özyalvaç Naat/ayin, Aslıhan Eruzun Özel kemençe, Korkutalp Bilgin tanbur, Burçin Bahadır Güner ud, Ahmet C.Altınkaynak ney, Bâkî Enis Balakbabalar percussion; lecturer not substituted as singer. false false false
İstanbul Tarihi Türk Müziği Topluluğu Sûzidil Mevlevi Ayin-i Şerifi / Yenikapı Mevlevihanesi / İTTMT https://www.youtube.com/embed/D6Y4PSBot6Y Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: İstanbul Tarihi Türk Müziği Topluluğu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018. Specific composed Mevlevi ayin or documented selam/peşrev component performed by actual ensemble. Ottoman composer is not a present-day performer. Full ceremonies may include their traditional closing recitation/gülbank; not sermon-only or generic ambient ney music. Video publication: 2018-12-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[19] classical unknown 2018 live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: İstanbul Tarihi Türk Müziği Topluluğu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018. Specific composed Mevlevi ayin or documented selam/peşrev component performed by actual ensemble. Ottoman composer is not a present-day performer. Full ceremonies may include their traditional closing recitation/gülbank; not sermon-only or generic ambient ney music. false false false
İstanbul Meydan Meşkleri Topluluğu Hicaz Mevlevi Ayini | İstanbul Meydan Meşkleri Topluluğu https://www.youtube.com/embed/JkKQ-zJaQkw?start=91 Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: İstanbul Meydan Meşkleri Topluluğu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific composed Mevlevi ayin or documented selam/peşrev component performed by actual ensemble. Ottoman composer is not a present-day performer. Full ceremonies may include their traditional closing recitation/gülbank; not sermon-only or generic ambient ney music. Video publication: 2018-11-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[20] classical unknown unknown live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: İstanbul Meydan Meşkleri Topluluğu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific composed Mevlevi ayin or documented selam/peşrev component performed by actual ensemble. Ottoman composer is not a present-day performer. Full ceremonies may include their traditional closing recitation/gülbank; not sermon-only or generic ambient ney music. false false false
İstanbul Tarihi Türk Müziği Topluluğu Sûz-i Dilârâ Mevlevi Ayin-i Şerifi / Galata Mevlevihanesi / İTTMT https://www.youtube.com/embed/vAIQUKrSgG0 Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: İstanbul Tarihi Türk Müziği Topluluğu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific composed Mevlevi ayin or documented selam/peşrev component performed by actual ensemble. Ottoman composer is not a present-day performer. Full ceremonies may include their traditional closing recitation/gülbank; not sermon-only or generic ambient ney music. Video publication: 2018-07-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[21] classical unknown unknown live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: İstanbul Tarihi Türk Müziği Topluluğu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific composed Mevlevi ayin or documented selam/peşrev component performed by actual ensemble. Ottoman composer is not a present-day performer. Full ceremonies may include their traditional closing recitation/gülbank; not sermon-only or generic ambient ney music. false false false
Timuçin Çevikoğlu; ensemble RAST MEVLEVİ AYİNİ (Kutbünnâyî Osmân Dede) - Timuçin Çevikoğlu https://www.youtube.com/embed/QEaQH1SGnoM Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Meşk / Klâsik Türk Müziği. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Rast ayin recording; KutbünnayiOsmanDede is composer and BurakKaynarca engineer, not current lead voices. Video publication: 2018-03-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[22] classical unknown unknown audio unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Meşk / Klâsik Türk Müziği. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Rast ayin recording; KutbünnayiOsmanDede is composer and BurakKaynarca engineer, not current lead voices. false false false
Galata Mevlevihanesi musical ensemble Dede Efendi Hüzzam Mevlevi Ayin-i Şerifi // Maulawi Sema Ceremony Sufi Music https://www.youtube.com/embed/7V-lM6EVagM Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Canlar Meclisi. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2016-12-18. Actual Hüzzam ayin; postnişin AhmetKadriYetişDede not automatically every musical voice, DedeEfendi composer. Video publication: 2016-12-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[23] classical unknown 2016-12-18 live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Canlar Meclisi. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2016-12-18. Actual Hüzzam ayin; postnişin AhmetKadriYetişDede not automatically every musical voice, DedeEfendi composer. false false false
Özer Özel; Kemal Karaöz Özer Özel&Kemal Karaöz - Ferahfeza Mevlevi Ayin-i Şerifi (Peşrev 4.Hane Son Peşrev Son Yürük Semai) https://www.youtube.com/embed/6Fo1vUJidaM Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Özer Özel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2016-12-09. Specific composed Mevlevi ayin or documented selam/peşrev component performed by actual ensemble. Ottoman composer is not a present-day performer. Full ceremonies may include their traditional closing recitation/gülbank; not sermon-only or generic ambient ney music. Video publication: 2016-12-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[24] classical unknown 2016-12-09 live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Özer Özel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2016-12-09. Specific composed Mevlevi ayin or documented selam/peşrev component performed by actual ensemble. Ottoman composer is not a present-day performer. Full ceremonies may include their traditional closing recitation/gülbank; not sermon-only or generic ambient ney music. false false false
Konya Türk Tasavvuf Müziği Topluluğu Konya Türk Tasavvuf Müziği Topluluğu ~ Cérémonie Mevlevi Sema https://www.youtube.com/embed/yKwSa7JNXVE Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Guy Ferdinande. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2016-01-06. Actual orchestral musical portion of MevleviSema at CentreCulturelJacquesFranck SaintGilles; ceremony-specific setting, not arbitrary ney solo. Video publication: 2016-01-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[25] classical unknown 2016-01-06 live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Guy Ferdinande. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2016-01-06. Actual orchestral musical portion of MevleviSema at CentreCulturelJacquesFranck SaintGilles; ceremony-specific setting, not arbitrary ney solo. false false false
Özer Özel; Ahmed Şahin Özer Özel & Ahmed Şahin - Ferahfeza Ayin-i Şerifi 4. Selam (Dede Efendi) https://www.youtube.com/embed/6h0u5NRxMYc Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Özer Özel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2013-12-10. Specific composed Mevlevi ayin or documented selam/peşrev component performed by actual ensemble. Ottoman composer is not a present-day performer. Full ceremonies may include their traditional closing recitation/gülbank; not sermon-only or generic ambient ney music. Video publication: 2015-05-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[26] classical unknown 2013-12-10 live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Özer Özel. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2013-12-10. Specific composed Mevlevi ayin or documented selam/peşrev component performed by actual ensemble. Ottoman composer is not a present-day performer. Full ceremonies may include their traditional closing recitation/gülbank; not sermon-only or generic ambient ney music. false false false
Mâverâ Türk Müziği Topluluğu; Hüseyin Kutsi Sezgin; Volkan Yılmaz; Osman Kırklıkçı Hüzzam Mevlevi Ayin-i Şerifi Hamamizâde İsmail Dede Efendi Mâverâ Türk Müziği Topluluğu https://www.youtube.com/embed/5BTFLHbj0OY Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Mâverâ Türk Müziği Topluluğu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual named Naat/ney/ud and ensemble in complete Hüzzam ayin; traditional closing recitation and gülbank distinguished from unrelated talk. Video publication: 2015-01-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[27] classical unknown unknown live unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: Mâverâ Türk Müziği Topluluğu. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual named Naat/ney/ud and ensemble in complete Hüzzam ayin; traditional closing recitation and gülbank distinguished from unrelated talk. false false false
Hicaz ayin ensemble (performers uncredited) Hicaz Mevlevî Ayini - Abdürrahim Kûnhî Dede (1-2-3-4. Selam) https://www.youtube.com/embed/TC8AaEQ1Z5c Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: anchizet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual four-selam Hicaz ayin archive; AbdürrahimKunhiDede composer. Description’s4ses/kızney identifies transposition/register, not four named singers. Video publication: 2013-05-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.[28] classical unknown unknown audio unknown country:Turkey supported Recording/context source Reviewed Mevlevi ayin musical recording. Source: anchizet. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual four-selam Hicaz ayin archive; AbdürrahimKunhiDede composer. Description’s4ses/kızney identifies transposition/register, not four named singers. false false false

Related genres

Ottoman classical music supplies a closely related formal and pedagogical world, while the ayin's ceremonial role gives it a particular identity. Alevi-Bektaşi semah belongs to another community and ritual history; similar turning imagery does not make the two interchangeable. Other Sufi repertories likewise require their own accounts. The most productive introduction joins immediate sonic pleasure to gradually learned context, allowing a newcomer to hear why the relationship between composition, performance and devotional purpose matters as much as the famous visual movement.

References and further reading

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mevlevi Sema ceremony — UNESCO.
  2. ↑ Turkey: The Turkish Ney — Kudsi Erguner, Smithsonian Folkways.
  3. ↑ Cinuçen Tanrıkorur — Bayâtîaraban Mevlevî Âyîn-i Şerîfi — Radio France/Ocora, 1984. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  4. ↑ Konya Türk Tasavvuf Müziği Topluluğu — Bayati Araban Ayin-i Şerifi — Cinuçen Tanrıkorur. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  5. ↑ Sûzidîl Mevlevî Âyîni Şerîfi - Mutriban Ensemble.
  6. ↑ Rast Mevlevî Âyîn-i Şerîfi - Mutriban Ensemble - 16 Kasım 2025.
  7. ↑ İTTMT - Hüzzam Mevlevî Ayin-i Şerifi - 23.12.2025 (Alt Yazılı ve Açıklamalı).
  8. ↑ KONYA TÜRK TASAVVUF MÜZİĞİ TOPLULUĞU Hüseyin Fahrettin Dede'nin Acemaşiran Mevlevi Ayin-i Şerifi.
  9. ↑ Segah Mevlevi Ayini - Buhurizade Mustafa Efendi - Itri.
  10. ↑ Sultanıyegah Taksim & Ferahfeza Mevlevi Ayini "4. Selam" - Sadreddin Özçimi.
  11. ↑ İTTMT - Mevlevi Ayini Bestekarları ve Eserleri Konseri / 07.10.2020.
  12. ↑ 17 Aralık 2021 Meali-yi Sema Nayi Osman Dede'nin Rast Mevlevi Ayin-i Şerifi.
  13. ↑ Sûzidilara Mevlevî Âyin-i Şerif’i.
  14. ↑ Rast Mevlevî Âyini Son Peşrev ve Son Yürük.
  15. ↑ Acembuselik Mevlevi Ayini Şerifi.
  16. ↑ Ahmed Şahin ile Meşk - Ney Taksimi, Ferahfezâ Mevlevi Âyini 1. Selam, 4. Selam, Son Peşrev&Son Yürük.
  17. ↑ Acemaşiran Mevlevi Ayini | İDTMAUT | Tasavvuf, İrfan ve Meydan Meşkleri Bölümü.
  18. ↑ TUMAC BSE No.1 - Dinleti: Ferahfezâ Mevlevî Âyîn-i Şerîfi, Hammâmîzâde İsmail Dede Efendi.
  19. ↑ Sûzidil Mevlevi Ayin-i Şerifi / Yenikapı Mevlevihanesi / İTTMT.
  20. ↑ Hicaz Mevlevi Ayini | İstanbul Meydan Meşkleri Topluluğu.
  21. ↑ Sûz-i Dilârâ Mevlevi Ayin-i Şerifi / Galata Mevlevihanesi / İTTMT.
  22. ↑ RAST MEVLEVİ AYİNİ (Kutbünnâyî Osmân Dede) - Timuçin Çevikoğlu.
  23. ↑ Dede Efendi Hüzzam Mevlevi Ayin-i Şerifi // Maulawi Sema Ceremony Sufi Music.
  24. ↑ Özer Özel&Kemal Karaöz - Ferahfeza Mevlevi Ayin-i Şerifi (Peşrev 4.Hane Son Peşrev Son Yürük Semai).
  25. ↑ Konya Türk Tasavvuf Müziği Topluluğu ~ Cérémonie Mevlevi Sema.
  26. ↑ Özer Özel & Ahmed Şahin - Ferahfeza Ayin-i Şerifi 4. Selam (Dede Efendi).
  27. ↑ Hüzzam Mevlevi Ayin-i Şerifi Hamamizâde İsmail Dede Efendi Mâverâ Türk Müziği Topluluğu.
  28. ↑ Hicaz Mevlevî Ayini - Abdürrahim Kûnhî Dede (1-2-3-4. Selam).

Hotspot mushrooms

Two connected Turkish historical/living devotional-art landscapes with weaker European teaching/diaspora continuity. Broader fields express cultural familiarity and transmission, not only performance venues or all former imperial territory.

These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.

MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms
ID Location Latitude Longitude Radius (km) Strength Notes
mevlevi-ayin-central Konya and central Anatolian Mevlevi musical landscape 38 32.5 900 1 Ceremonial, educational and wider cultural familiarity.
mevlevi-ayin-northwestern Istanbul-linked Mevlevi musical landscape 40.5 29 850 1 Composed repertory, teaching and devotional/art-music networks.
mevlevi-ayin-european Western European Mevlevi music learning circuit 49 5 1000 0.35 Practitioner, student and diaspora connections.
Retrieved from "https://wiki.muglobe.com/w/index.php?title=Mevlevi_ayin&oldid=2757"