{"id":5664,"date":"2025-06-01T17:50:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T14:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.sahaney.com\/?page_id=5664"},"modified":"2025-08-01T10:39:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T07:39:53","slug":"neyin-tarihcesi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sahaney.com\/en\/neyin-tarihcesi\/","title":{"rendered":"Ney’in Tarih\u00e7esi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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History of the Ney<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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he ney is the only wind instrument in Classical Turkish Music and the principal instrument of Turkish Sufi Music.\nIts oldest known name, n\u00e2 or nay, is a word that passed from Sumerian into Persian, meaning reed or cane.\nIn Arab culture, the word mizmar, which refers to wind instruments in general and literally means \u201cbreathing tube\u201d or \u201cvocal organ,\u201d has occasionally been used to refer to the ney.\nIn Turkish, however, this instrument has almost always been called ney.\nIn various European countries, it has been referred to by similar names\u2014for example, naiu in Romania.\nThe Persian suffix -zeden, meaning \u201cto play\u201d or \u201cto perform,\u201d was added to form neyzeden, which over time evolved into neyzen, the term still used today to refer to a ney performer.\nThe Arabic-derived word n\u00e2y\u00ee, formed according to Arabic grammatical rules, has also been used in place of neyzen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The oldest known finding of this instrument, believed to have been used in Sumerian society as early as 5000 BCE, dates back to 2800\u20133000 BCE.\nThis ancient ney is currently exhibited at the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia, USA.\nIt is believed that the ney was used in religious ceremonies even in those early times.\nThe Assomption monk Thibaut described the sound of the ney as \u201cmysterious, enchanting, sweet, and harmonious,\u201d and poetically expressed it as follows:As it passes over the reeds, The gentle flutter of a breeze, Afraid to wake the birds.\u201d The unique quality of its sound has deeply affected people in every era, often evoking spiritual emotions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cThe fluttering of a gentle breeze passing over the reeds, afraid to wake the birds\u2026\u201d<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The unique quality of its sound has made the ney an important instrument in every society it has encountered.\nWith the Turks\u2019 adoption of Islam, the ney began to be used more widely, and by the 13th century, it had become a symbol of Sufism.\nThe influence of Mevl\u00e2n\u00e2 Jal\u0101l al-D\u012bn R\u016bm\u012b\u2014an eminent mystic, philosopher, poet, and saint of that century\u2014was instrumental in this transformation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSource: Dinle Ney\u2019den<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNeyzen Dr. Timu\u00e7in \u00c7EV\u0130KO\u011eLU<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t