•. Local Records Show: Approximately 80,000 out of the 120,000 Turks who moved to the United States from the Ottoman Empire in search of a better life between 1820 and 1920 came from Harput in Turkey's southeastern province of Elazig.
• . Escape from war thorn Turkey during 1914-1920 * Farmers and Unskilled Workers - Their only desire return to Turkey ONEDAY - No knowledge on American society values
• and American political life - Poor language and integration - Near zero contribution to US Society * Social Org (Türk Hars Birliği, 1933)