 Nhamba huru zvikurusa yavaTurkish inoratidzika kuva yakapinda muUnited States Hondo yeNyika I isati yatanga, munenge pakati pa1900 na1914, apo mitemo yokuAmerica yokuenda kune dzimwe nyika yakanga yakasununguka zvikuru. Vazhinji vevaTurkey ava vakabva kuHarput, Akçadağ, Antep neMacedonia ndokuenda kuUnited States vachibva kuBeirut, Mersin, Izmir, Trabzon neSalonica. Zvisinei, kuyerera kwekupinda kune dzimwe nyika kuenda kuUnited States kwakakanganiswa neImmigration Act ya1917, iyo yakaganhurira kupinda muUnited States zvichibva pakuverenga nekunyora, uye neHondo Yenyika I. Kunyange zvakadaro, huwandu hukuru hwevaTurkey kubva kumatunhu eBalkan eAlbania, Kosovo, Western Thrace, neBulgaria vakatama ndokugara muUnited States; ivo vakanyorwa se Albania, vaBulgaria uye vaSerbia zvichienderana nenyika yavo mavambo, kunyangwe vazhinji vavo vaive verudzi rweTurkey uye vakazvizivisa sevakadaro. Uyezve, mhuri dzakawanda dzakatamira kune dzimwe nyika dzaiva dzemadzinza echiAlbania, chiBulgaria, chiGiriki, chiMacedonia kana chiSerbia dzaibatanidza vana vokuTurkey vakarasikirwa nevabereki vavo pashure pokunge Makedhonia yakakamurwa pakati peBulgaria, Serbia neGreece zvichitevera Hondo yeBalkan ya191213. Ava vana veTurkey vakanga vadzivirirwa, vakabhapatidzwa ndokugamuchirwa, uye ipapo vakashandiswa savashandi vomumunda; apo mhuri dzokugamuchira dzakatamira kuUnited States dzakanyora vana ava samitezo yemhuri, kunyange zvazvo vazhinji vaava vana veTurkey vakanga vachiri kuyeuka mavambo avo. 