The world's oldest living music band in history: The Mehter Band or The Ottoman Military Band. 🇹🇷 🎼🎵🎶🥁🎷🎺 Ottoman mehter music, which for centuries accompanied the marching Ottoman army into battle, still echoes in that of drum and zurna - an oboe-like woodwind instrument with seven holes above and one below - which are a part of folk culture all over Turkey. Mehter music was a symbol of sovereignty and independence, and its ardent sounds instilled the soldiers with strength and courage.