 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1915, Humambo hweOttoman hwakaita gadziriro yechiArmenian genocide. Ikoku kwakatangirwa negadziriro yokuurawa kukuru mumakore 1894 kusvikira ku 1896, uye imwe muna 1909 muAdana. Musi waApril 24, 1915, zviremera zveOttoman zvakaunganidza, kusunga, uye kudzinga 235 kusvika ku270 vezvedzidzo dzechiArmenian nevatungamiriri vemunharaundakubva kuConstantinople kuenda kunharaunda yeAnkara, uko ruzhinji rwavo rwakaurawa. Kuuraya rudzi kwakaitwa mukati nokushure kweHondo Yenyika I uye kwakaitwa mumatanho maviri - kuuraya kwakakura kwevarume vane simba kuburikidza nokuuraya uye kuisa vashandi vehondo kuti vashande basa rokumanikidzirwa, vachiteverwa nokudzingwa kwevakadzi, vana, vakwegura, uye vanorwara pamatanho erufu anotungamirira kurenje reSiria. Vachisundirwa mberi nemapoka ehondo, vakadzingwa vacho vakarambidzwa zvokudya nemvura uye vaibirwa nguva nenguva, kubatwa chibharo, uye kuurayiwa. 