I take the liberty, as an outsider, to comment that (i) there's a big disparity in the quality of Muezzin's around Istanbul, and (ii) I happen to live 100 meters from the loudspeaker of one of the worst. He blasts Azan into my bedroom at 6.00 a.m., and he's bad at it.
My son, who was born here and first came to consciousness in this same house, came to believe that this voice was, in fact, the Voice of God. He informed us of this when he was 4, telling us that he did "NOT like God's voice."
Here are some guys (in a competition, actually) who know what they're doing. In fairness, you can see it takes some skill to do it right.
We were driving through Beşiktaş the other evening, and were almost brought to a halt by the soft, lilting delivery of whoever it is that commands the microphone over there. Our guy does Azan like he's calling a Yankees game.
I'd also like to know why and how it is that all the neighborhood dogs, who've no doubt been born here and heard Azan five times a day for their entire lives, nevertheless feel compelled to set up a barking racket every time Azan sounds. Like they were surprised !
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