Mehter
Military music activities in Turks date back to the darkest points of history. The Turks, who discovered the effect of music in the military field very early, BC. In the army, they played musical instruments in teams. We see that written records and documents related to this music are back to 2500 years ago.
The instruments used in the mehter, known as the world's oldest military band, were built in the VIII. It can be found in the Orkhon inscriptions, which were written in the 16th century and are the oldest written source of Turkish history. “Kübürge” and “Tuğ” instruments are mentioned in Orkhon inscriptions.
XI. In Divan-ü Lügat-it Türk, the oldest dictionary of Turkish, written in the 16th century, it is written that the music group that hits the navbet in the presence of the khan was named “Tuğ”.
