Call to prayer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IyaKVQTDXA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_gZVOuRcqU

I always miss listening to adhan when I'm not in Turkey. Mashallah

Thanks dear.
In Turkey Ezan(Adhan) is sung in different five tunes for five times a day.For example, Morning Ezan is sung in Saba tune.It makes Ezan more affective in the silence of the last moments of the darkness.

I wonder too, where can I find them?

on the moon?

even neil armstrong heard it on the moon

Now from Turkey and also Ankara:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtF9a1lf9u8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJh0VOu7K3k

but on a serious note .. I really would like to hear all 5 tunes ..

I've found them

http://www.ezan.gen.tr/default.asp?modul=dinle&act=alfabetik&tercih=album&ilk...?ref=psweboffice.com#

http://www.allaboutturkey.com/ezan.wav

Super-link, Muejde,thanks so much for sharing!

You're welcome.

Berlin-church bells: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeyIjILGxIM

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gAK2VrcYl4

Muejde is great!!

It's kind of you.

btw. How nice to see the two symbols in the same page.

wow . . . thanks everyone for the links. I love to listen to the sound of the Adhan, in Istanbul, first hand but this is better than nothing while I'm back in England. It is such a beautiful sound. But I do have a story to tell. On my first trip to Istanbul my family insisted I take a friend as they did not want me there alone (safe as houses though they wouldn't believe me). So I took a friend with me, not a Muslim. We were both very tired when we finally got to bed but my friend was up in the night with an illness she has. She finally got to sleep (through all my snoring) but not long after the sound of the adhan came drifitng through the open window and it woke her up. The next thing I know is she is shaking me violently, telling me to get up and she said "It's you he's calling, not me."

Thans again for the links.

you western ignorants are not aware how valuable this azan is.
see, you dont need an alarm clock, azan will wake you up.

Got your pm femme but really . . . you could have simply posted what you wanted to say here,there was nothing controversial in what you said.

As I say I'm new. I have come to this site simply to learn Turkish and meet like minded people (thanks to those who sent positive pms). I saw the post about the Azan and it reminded me of an incident so I decided to post it. I didn't realise it would have such an effect. Lesson learned . . . I woke up . . . and smelled the coffee!

Write as many replies to this as you like, this chapter is closed for me.

Quoting femme_fatal: Quoting peace train: Quoting femme_fatal: you western ignorants are not aware how valuable this azan is. see, you dont need an alarm clock, azan will wake you up. hmmm . . . as I'm new to this site I'm not sure how to interpret that comment. On first glance it doesn't sound very friendly but perhaps it's a brand of humour I'm unaware of. Am I the ignorant westerner? I don't think I mentioned an alarm clock . . . I didn't have one as I knew I was so close to the mosque. My friend told me afterwards that my snoring had kept her awake during the night, that's how I knew. She wasn't aware that I had woken up and was listening to that wonderful sound. I hadn't realised my story would offend anyone. Sorry if that's the case. welcome, peacetrain, peace be with you have your eyes always wide open, like this or this

peace be with you, peacetrain

peace vehicle...peacevan....have the humor police forbidden us to say "tr*@n" now? Darn! We need an updated list of forbidden words....

can you imagine azan being yelled 50 times per 24 h?

Ezanlı Saat - Almanya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeeShRNbhVw

and this one in the alps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaLQZxdxFww

The Armed Man A Mass For Peace by Karl Jenkins

Full of extraodinary swirls and stabs of orchestral music and beautiful, melodic choirs. This CD takes you on a joruney from the start of war(The Armed Man, with trudging, marching feet, drums and fifes and the poignant - given the current situation - Call To Prayers which is simply the unearthly solo voice of a meuzzin singing the Islamic call to prayer in Arabic), through to sadness and fear at start of battle(Kyrie, Save Me From Bloody Men), heroism and passion(Sanctus, the extraordinary and stirring Hymn Before Action, wonderful words by Rudyard Kipling) and of course, tumbles down into the real tragedy and pain of war(Angry Flames and Torches) and ends with the bitter sorrow of Agnus Dei and Now The Guns Have Stopped. The final, serene and lovely Benedictus(the one track I had heard and fallen in love with before buying the CD which contains the sweetest and most haunting cello I've ever heard) and Better is Peace(medieval, dancey and joyous), is a fitting end. Not for those who are easily depressed, but well worth it for the emotional journey and the beautiful voices

MUEZZIN CHANT FRIDAY SERVICE Istanbul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QTkC-TTzZc