+@node Turkish classical music
+@subsection Turkish classical music
+
+This section highlights issues that are relevant to notating Turkish
+classical music.
+
+@menu
+* References for Turkish classical music::
+* Turkish note names::
+@end menu
+
+
+@node References for Turkish classical music
+@unnumberedsubsubsec References for Turkish classical music
+
+@cindex Turkish music
+@cindex Ottoman music
+@cindex comma intervals
+@cindex makam
+@cindex makamlar
+
+Turkish classical music developed in the Ottoman Empire in a
+period roughly contemporaneous with classical music in Europe,
+and has continued on into the 20th and 21st centuries as a
+vibrant and distinct tradition with its own compositional
+forms, theory and performance styles. Among its striking
+features is the use of microtonal intervals based on @q{commas}
+of 1/9 of a tone, from which are constructed the melodic
+forms known as @notation{makam} (plural @notation{makamlar}).
+
+Some issues relevant to Turkish classical music are covered
+elsewhere:
+
+@itemize
+@item Special note names and accidentals are explained in
+@ref{Common notation for non-Western music}.
+
+@end itemize
+
+
+@node Turkish note names
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Turkish note names
+
+@cindex Turkish note names
+@cindex makam
+@cindex makamlar
+
+Pitches in Turkish classical music traditionally have unique
+names, and the basis of pitch on 1/9-tone divisions means
+makamlar employ a completely different set of intervals from
+Western scales and modes: @notation{koma} (1/9 of a tone),
+@notation{eksik bakiye} (3/9), @notation{bakiye} (4/9),
+@notation{kücük mücenneb} (5/9), @notation{büyük mücenneb}
+(8/9), @notation{tanîni} (a whole tone) and
+@notation{artık ikili} (12/9 or 13/9 of a tone).
+
+From a modern notational point of view it is convenient to
+use the standard Western staff notes (c, d, e, @dots{}) with
+special accidentals that raise or lower notes by intervals
+of 1/9, 4/9, 5/9 and 8/9 of a tone. These accidentals are
+defined in the file @file{makam.ly}.
+
+The following table lists:
+@itemize
+@item
+the name of these special accidentals,
+@item
+the accidental suffix that must be added to notes,
+@item
+and their pitch alteration as a
+fraction of one whole tone.
+@end itemize
+
+@quotation
+@multitable {@b{büyük mücenneb (sharp)}} {@b{suffix}} {@b{pitch alteration}}
+@headitem Accidental name
+ @tab suffix @tab pitch alteration
+
+@item büyük mücenneb (sharp)
+ @tab -bm @tab +8/9
+@item kücük mücenneb (sharp)
+ @tab -k @tab +5/9
+@item bakiye (sharp)
+ @tab -b @tab +4/9
+@item koma (sharp)
+ @tab -c @tab +1/9
+
+@item koma (flat)
+ @tab -fc @tab -1/9
+@item bakiye (flat)
+ @tab -fb @tab -4/9
+@item kücük mücenneb (flat)
+ @tab -fk @tab -5/9
+@item büyük mücenneb (flat)
+ @tab -fbm @tab -8/9
+@end multitable
+@end quotation
+
+For a more general explanation of non-Western music notation, see
+@ref{Common notation for non-Western music}.
+
+@seealso
+Music Glossary:
+@rglos{makam},
+@rglos{makamlar}.
+
+Notation Reference:
+@ref{Common notation for non-Western music}.