Turkish musical instruments

Turkish musical instruments

Turkish musical instruments can be broadly classified into five categories, namely Ottoman classical, Western influenced modern, Ottoman Harem Music, Folk music and Roman. Most of Turkish musical instruments spread in the former Ottoman Empires states all over the Middle East, Caucasus, Central Asia and Southern Asia. In ancient era Silk road had an effective role in this distribution.

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* Music of Turkey


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