 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Pfuma yakawanikwa nehupfumi hwehupfumi hwehupfumi, kuwedzera kwevanhu veArmenian veCilician nekuda kwekutiza kubva kuHamidian massacres, kuguma kwehutongi hweAbdulhamid nehurumendeyaJuly 1908, yakapa simba kuArmenian community uye yakafungidzira Cilicia yakazvimiririra. Kutadza kutonga kweCUP kweVilayets mushure mekushanduka, kwakakonzera kuti pro-diversity Vali Bahri Pasha abviswe pachigaro mukupera kwa1908, uye akamutsiva neasina simba Cevad Bey. Achishandisa mukana iwoyo, Bağdadizade Abdülkadir akazonzi Paksoy, mutungamiriri weCemiyet-i Muhammediye, akatora utongi hwehurumende uye akatungamirira chirongwa chekuita muCilicia yose kuti arange vaArmenia. Runyerekupe rwekurwiswa kweArmenia kwakanga kwava kuda kuitika, kutsamwiswa nemaune kwakatambudza nharaunda dzeTurkey. Nokukurumidza apo mashoko okudzorera akasvika kuKirikia, mitezo yakatsamwa yeCemiyet-i Muhammediye nevarimi vasina kugutsikana vakanga vasara vasina basa nemhaka yokushandiswa kwemichina, vakaungana muguta pazuva remusika weChipiri. Pashure pokugara usiku muguta, mapoka pamwe chete nevatsigiri vomunharaunda vakatanga kurwisa zvitoro zveArmenian kubva mangwanani aApril 14, 1909. Kurwiswa kwacho kwakananga kunzvimbo dzokugara dzevaArmenia gare gare muzuva uye kwakapararirawo kune dzimwe nzvimbo dzeKiliki. VaArmenia vakanga vakashonga zvombo vaigona kuzvidzivirira uye kurwisana kwacho kwakapfuurira kusvikira pana April 17. 