Janissary Marches Mehter Marches have been the symbol of us Turks in Europe and all over the world. For centuries, the mehteran team and mehter marches have been listened to with great interest. Mehter has the title of the world's first and oldest army band. Army music seen in the Hun state was gathered under the Mehter team during the Ottoman period. The band known as the band, which has survived to the present day, has gone through many evolutions. It has been engraved in history when the Ot