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