· APPRECIATION · PREFACE · CONTENTS · TABLE LIST · LIST OF GRAPHIC · ABBREVIATIONS · INTRODUCTION · METHODOLOGY AND THE METHODS OF COLLECTING DATA · DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF ATTENDEES OF THE SURVEY · RESTRICTIONS · HYPOTHESES · POPULATION AND THE SAMPLE · RELATED LITERATURE · FINDINGS and INTERPRETATION · FINDING and INTERPRETATIONS REGARDING TO MUSICAL RELATIONS · THE INSTRUMENTS WHICH ARE IN THE SPOTLIGHT WHEN THE RELIGIOUS MUSIC IS BEING PLAYED · FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATION REGARDING TO MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE · FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATION REGARDING TO MUSICAL PERCEPTION · EMOTIONS COMING TO MIND WHEN THE RELIGIOUS MUSIS IS LISTENED · FELT EMOTIONS WHEN THE RELIGIOUS MUSIS IS LISTENED · EMOTIONS AMPLIFIED BY RELIGIOUS MUSIC · IN WHICH EMOTIONS IS THE RELIGIOUS MUSIC LISTENED? · SOURCE OF RELIGIOUS MUSIC · FUNCTION OF RELIGIOUS MUSIC · ELEMENTS THAT MAKE MUSIC RELIGIOUS · THOSE WHO ANSWER “OTHER” TO THE QUESTION · OF WHAT MAKES MUSIC RELIGIOUS · CONCLUSION · PERCEPTION OF RELIGIOUS MUSIC OF MUSLIM AND NON‐MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN ISTANBUL AND PORTLAND/ME · COMPARISON OF RELIGIOUS MUSIC PERCEPTION OF MUSLIM AND NON‐MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN ISTANBUL AND PORTLAND/ME · HYPOTHESIS RESULTS · SOURCE · RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE ABOUT RELIGIOUS MUSIC PERCEPTION