MaOttoman akabudirira kudzivirira Dardanelles strait panguva yeGallipoli mushandirapamwe (1915<unk>1916) uye vakawana kukunda kwekutanga kurwisa mauto eBritish mumakore maviri ekutanga emushandirapamwe weMesopotamia, senge Kukombwa kweKut
(1915<unk>1916); asi Kupandukira kweArabhu (1916<unk>1918) kwakashandura mafungu kurwisa vaOttoman muMiddle East. MuCaucasus mushandirapamwe, zvisinei, mauto eRussia aive nesimba kubva pakutanga, kunyanya mushure meHondo yeSarikamish (1914-1915). Mauto eRussia akafambira mberi kuenda kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweAnatolia ndokutonga maguta makuru ikoko kusvikira adzokera shure kubva muHondo Yenyika I neChibvumirano cheBrest-Litovsk zvichitevera Shanduko yeRussia muna 1917.