Abstract
Although it is now often considered that the cantilliation of the Koran is the ideal form of music in the worship of Sunni Orthodoxy in Turkey, the issue appears not yet to be decided in discussions on the subject. However, this also provides a certain legitimacy for those who have argued the theological and moral benefits of music in certain contexts. Needless to say, music is seldom stable in the context of social change. Migration has had a profound effect upon patterns of musical production, patronage and consumption in urban Muslim society. The author aims to show that a closer look at “Islamic pop music”, as produced in Turkey, provides an analytical tool for understanding the complexities of Islamic identities. The study of some commercial recordings illustrates how music may shape and embody multi-dimensional Muslim identities in a polarized global/ local context.
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