Abstract

Archaeological excavations carried out from the middle of 20th century to the present day; have caused to achievement of very important information and documents about Turkish Music History. The resulting large number and diversity of written and visual materials have the characteristics of changing the known history of music. Historical depth and diversity of the documents and information obtained in Anatolia; has revealed the existence of a rare and important central about the music history. These documents that caused me to write this article are; the written sources that I’ve collected and displayed sources in the museums and taking place in the depot of the museums that can be seen with permission. The problem of permission for the depots is solved with the support of General Directory of the Museums of the Ministry of Culture. The archaeologists who worked with me by the permission and some museum managers helped me about the way of playing some old instruments. With the assistance of information taking place in this article; I’ve researched the age of Turkish Musical Culture from BC 12000 to AC 395 under four basic headlines. The first is Neolithic - Chalcolithic Ages (BC. 10 000/12 000 - 3.000), the second is Early Bronze Age (BC.3000 to 2000), the third is Assyrian Colonies – Hittite Ages (BC. 2,000 - 1,190) and the forth and last is Assyrian Colonies – Hittite Ages (BC. 2,000 - 1,190). The visual pictures and information about these four ages helped to clarify the history of music scientifically.