‘Ney’ is a wind instrument. Kaşgarli Mahmut, in his masterpiece Divan-i Lügati’t-Türk, tells that this instrument, called as ‘Sagu’ an instrument for men, has been played in the cerenomies organised for death, sorrows and morality. The oldest information about this instrument which was used in Sumerian community in 5000 BC is the ‘Ney’ (reed flute) from 3000-2800 BC which is displayed in a museum of Philadelphia University in America. It is predicted that this instrument was played in religional ceremoies too. ’Ney’ is accepted as the Turkish zither in our times and it is a symbol of Tasavvuf (Sufism) music. Instead of ‘play’ verb which is usually used for instrument, ’blowing’ is used for ney. Blowing has a figurative meaning here. It takes its origin from a Islamic belief that God blow the soul into the human while creating.
