 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ahmet Robenson aizivikanwa semurongi wekutanga webhasikiti muTurkey. Muna 1936, Turkey yakatamba mutambo wayo wekutanga wekutamba basketball neGreece, ichikunda 4912. Kwemakore akawanda mutambo webasketball wakanga usingazivikanwi zvikuru muTurkey, asi mutambo wokuAmerica unonzi The White Shadow pawakatanga kuratidzwa munyika yacho, wakatanga kufarirwa. Zvisinei, chikwata chenyika panguva iyoyo chakanga chisina ruzivo uye chakanga chisingakwanisi kukunda chero makwikwi epasi rose kusvika kuma1980, apo Turkey yakakunda menduru yegoridhe pa1981 Balkan Championship uye 1987 Mediterranean Games. Panzvimbo yekirabhu, Efes Pilsen aive wekutanga kirabhu yeTurkey kuhwina mukombe weEuropean mune chero mutambo wechikwata, iyo 1995 96 FIBA Korać Cup. Kubvira ipapo, basketball muTurkey yakakura zvikuru, sezvo chikwata chenyika chakatanga kutamba basa guru mumakwikwi epasi rose. Chikwata chenyika yeTurkey chakahwina menduru yesirivheri paEuroBasket 2001, uye 2010 FIBA World Cup. 