 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Grigoris Balakian akaberekerwa muTokat muHumambo hweOttoman, uye akapedza kudzidza kuSanasarian College muErzurum. Akanga ave achidzidza kuvaka muGermany kwemakore maviri uye akawana dhigirii muinjiniya wezvivako. Akava muprista asina kuroora akagadzwa pasi pezita remamongi rokuti Grigoris Balakian. Musi wa24 April 1915akanga ari pakati peboka ravanhu 250 vakakurumbira vokuArmenia vokuConstantinople vakasungwa ndokuendeswa kune dzimwe nyika. 