Kammala wannan jumla: Wasan dambe ya fara ne a Turkiyya a matsayin wani aiki a matakin mutum. Gasar dambe da sojoji 'yan kasashen waje suka yi a lokacin yakin
mamayar Istanbul tsakanin 1918 da 1923 ya sanya wannan wasan ya zama sananne wanda ya yadu da sauri. An kafa kulob din dambe na farko ta Bayahude na Ottoman Aksiyani Efendi a karkashin lasisin Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Faransa a cikin 1920s. Wannan ya biyo bayan sassan dambe da 'yan wasan kwallon kafa na manyan kungiyoyi kamar Fenerbahçe S.K., Galatasaray S.K. da Kurtuluş SK suka kafa.