The ''fasıl'' is a

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in Ottoman classical music. It is similar to the Arabic '' nawba'' and '' waslah''. A classical ''fasıl'' generally includes movements such as '' taksim'', ''

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'', '' kâr'', '' beste'', '' ağır semâ'î'', '' yürük semâ'î'', '' gazel'', '' şarkı'' and '' saz semâ'î'', played continuously without interludes and interconnected through aranağme arrangement

A modern ''fasıl'' typically includes movements such as '' taksim'', ''

'', '' şarkı (ağır aksak)'', '' yürük semâ'î'', '' Türk aksağı'', '' taksim'', '' şarkı (a few with increasing tempo)'' and '' saz semâ'î''. Traditional Fasıl (both classical and modern) is a musical act distinct from the performance of "oriental" or "arabesque" pop and folk songs found at

meyhane A ''meyhane'' (from Persian: میخانه translit. ''meykhaneh'') is a traditional restaurant or bar in Turkey and rest of the Balkans, Azerbaijan and Iran. It serves alcoholic beverages like wine, rakı, vodka, beer with meze and tradition ...

s and

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s, which have come to be sometimes referred by the same name.

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