Editing Music of Turkey (section)

=== Classical & Folk instruments ===
[[File:Strum sticks, Lark in the Morning (music shop).jpg|thumb|upright|Selection of [[Accordion]], [[Bağlama]], [[Cümbüş]] and [[Oud|Ud]]]]
Folk instruments range from string groups as [[baglama|bağlama]], bow instruments such as the [[kemenche|kemençe]] (a type of stave fiddle), and percussion and wind, including the [[zurna]], [[ney]] and [[davul]]. Regional variations place importance on different instruments, e.g. the [[darbuka]] in [[Thrace|Rumeli]] and the [[kemenche|kemençe]] around the [[Black Sea Region|Eastern Black Sea]] region. The folklore of Turkey is extremely diverse. Nevertheless, Turkish folk music is dominantly marked by a single musical instrument called [[baglama|saz]] or [[bağlama]], a type of long-necked [[lute]]. Traditionally, saz is played solely by traveling musicians known as ''ozan'' or religious [[Alevi]] troubadours called ''aşık''.<ref name="alevi">{{cite web|url=http://www.alevibektasi.org/xsufi_music.htm|title=Introduction to Sufi Music and Ritual in Turkey|work=Middle East Studies Association of North America|date=December 18, 1995|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408125913/http://www.alevibektasi.org/xsufi_music.htm|archive-date=April 8, 2007}} The tradition of regional variations in the character of folk music prevails all around Anatolia and Thrace even today. The troubadour or minstrel (singer-poets) known as ''aşık'' contributed anonymously to this genre for ages.</ref>

Due to the cultural crossbreeding prevalent during the Ottoman Empire, the bağlama has influenced various cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean, e.g. the Greek [[baglama]]s. In Turkish bağlamak means 'to tie' as a reference to the tied, movable frets of the instrument. Like many other plucked lutes, it can be played with a plectrum (i.e., pick), with a fingerpicking style, or strummed with the backs of fingernails. The [[zurna]] and [[davul]] duo is also popular in rural areas, and played at [[wedding]]s and other local celebrations.

Instruments in Turkish classical music include [[tambur]], long-necked plucked lute, [[ney]] end-blown flute, [[oud]] plucked short-necked unfretted lute, [[qanun (instrument)|kanun]] plucked zither, [[violin]], and in [[Mevlevi]] music, [[küdüm]] drum and a [[harp]].