 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Manukian akagara muguta reVan muna February 1905. Nemhaka yokuti akapedza nguva yakawanda yebasa rake rezvematongerwe enyika, kunze kwemakore mashomanana apfuura, muVan Aram akabatana neguta uye akazozivikanwa se Aram weVan. Nokukurumidza akava mukuru webazi romunzvimbomo rebato uye akatsvaka kusimbisa pesvedzero yaro muVan. Manukian aiva nechokwadi chokuti kana vaArmenia vaizopandukira kutonga kweOttoman, kwaifanira kuva kupandukira kwakarongeka uye kwakapararira uye kwete imwe nzvimbo, yakadai sokupandukira kwakakundikana muSasun muna 1904. Akabatanidzwa mukuronga munharaunda uye kuendesa zvombo kunyanya pfuti nemabara kuVan kubva kuRussia neIran. Muna 1906 moga zvombo zvakawanda zvakaendeswa kuVan kupfuura mumakore 15 akanga apfuura. Pamberi peRevolution yeVechidiki veTurkey, bazi rebato muVan raive nenhengo dzinenge chiuru. Akatsvakawo kuderedza kupindira kwehurumende yeOttoman munhau dzomukati meArmenia. ARF yakavamba matare asiri epamutemo evaArmenia, avo vaibatwa zvisina kunaka nehurumende yeTurkey. Muna 1907, panguva ARF Congress muVienna, apo akanga nhume kubva Van, Aram akaratidza kusava nechokwadi pamusoro vakazivisa zvinangwa Turkish emigrant enyika kufamba muEurope kuti ARF akanga achishanda pamwe, kunyanya Young veTurkey. Iye akataura kuti ivo muchikamu chikuru, vapanduki veimba yamambo avo mupfungwa imwe kana kuti imwe vane fariro dzoumambo. Manukian akataura kuti kana vakatanga navo, tichasangana nezvinetso zvakawanda kwazvo. Gore rimwe gare gare vaYoung Turks vakadzingaSultan Abdul Hamid II akabvisa simba ndokudzorera bumbiro remitemo. VaArmenian veOttoman vakaita zvakanaka pakukandirwa pasi kwesultan. 