Editing Turkish makam (section)

== Geographic and cultural relations ==
The Turkish makam system has some corresponding relationships to [[Arabic maqam|maqams]] in [[Arabic music]] and ''[[echos]]'' in [[Byzantine music]]. Some theories suggest the origin of the makam to be the city of [[Mosul]] in Iraq. "Mula Othman Al-Musili," in reference to his city of origin, is said to have served in the [[Ottoman court|Ottoman Palace]] in Istanbul and influenced [[Ottoman music|Turkish Ottoman music]]. More distant modal relatives include those of Central Asian Turkic musics such as [[Uyghur music|Uyghur]] “[[muqam]]” and [[Uzbek music|Uzbek]] [[shashmakom]]. North and South Indian classical [[raga]]-based music employs similar modal principles. Some scholars find echoes of Turkish makam in former Ottoman provinces of the Balkans.<ref>Shupo, Sokol, ed., ''Urban Music in the Balkans''. Tirana:ASMUS, 2006</ref> All of these concepts roughly correspond to [[musical mode|mode]] in [[Classical music|Western classical music]], although their compositional rules vary.