 Kunyange zvazvo CUP yakashanda nemaArmenians kuti vadzorere hurumende yehurumende yaAbdul Hamid II, mapoka muCUP akatanga kuona maArmenians sechikwata chechishanu chaizotengesa chikonzero cheOttoman mushure meHondo Yenyika I neRussia iri pedyo yakatanga; mapoka aya akawana simba rakawanda mushure me1913 Ottoman coup détat. Kurwisa kukuru kwokutanga kwakaitwa navaTurkey muHondo Yenyika I kwakanga kuri kuedza kusina kubudirira kudzinga vaRussia kubva muchikamu cheWestern Armenia chavakanga vatora muHondo yeRusso-Turkish ya1877. Mushure mekukundikana kwechiitiko ichi, vatungamiri veCUP, Enver, Cemal, naTalaat, vakabatanidzwa mukuraira kudzingwa uye kuurayiwa kwevanhu veArmenian 1 ne 1.5 miriyoni muna 1915-1916 mune izvo zvakazozivikanwa seArmenian genocide. Mushure meHondo Yenyika I nekusainwa kwechibvumirano cheMudros, hutungamiri hweKomiti yeUnion uye Kufambira Mberi uye vakasarudzwa vaimbove vakuru vakuru vakatongwa nedare rehondo nemhosva dzinosanganisira kupidigura bumbiro remutemo, kutengesa nguva yehondo, uye kuurayiwa kwevaArmenian nevaGiriki. Dare rakasvika pakutonga uko kwakatongera kurovedzero dzokuponda, Talat, Enver, Cemal navamwe kurufu. 