Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1914, Humambo hweOttoman hwakatanga hondo nehurumende imwe yevatasvi vemabhiza mumauto avo uye mapoka mana ekuchengetedza (akatanga kuumbwa muna 1912) pasi pekutonga kweTatu Army. Aya maresitorendi ezvokuchengetedza akanga akaumbwa navaKurd, vaTurkey vomumaruwa navaArmenia vashomanene. Kubudirira kwemapoka okuchengetera kwakanga kwakashata, uye muna March 1915 mauto akanga apona akachinjwa kuva mapoka maviri anosvika varume zviuru zviviri bedzi nevakuru vakuru makumi manomwe. Gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo, mapoka akanakisisa akabatanidzwa kuva divi rimwe uye mamwe ose akaparadzwa. Kunyange zvakadaro, mauto eOttoman akashandisa mauto evatasvi vemabhiza muna 1915 mukurwisana nemaRussia, uye rimwe boka revatasvi vemabhiza rakatotsinhana pfuti dzezvombo zviduku nevashandi vechikepe chepasi pegungwa muDardanelles mukutanga kwa1915. Vatasvi vemabhiza veOttoman vakashandiswa muhondo neAllies, kusanganisira Hondo yechitatu yeGaza
pakupera kwa1917. Muhondo iyi, mativi ose ari maviri akashandisa mauto evanhu vakatasva mabhiza sezvikamu zvine unyanzvi zvemauto avo. Vatasvi vemabhiza vakaramba vachibatanidzwa muhondo kusvika muna 1918, kusanganisira muhondo dzaiitika pedyo neRwizi rwaJodhani muna Kubvumbi naMay gore iroro, idzo vaOttoman vakadaidza kuti Hondo Yokutanga neYechipiri yeJodhani, chikamu chehondo dzakatangira Hondo yeMegidho. Pakazosvika Nyamavhuvhu 1918, mauto ehondo enguva dzose aive akaiswa munzvimbo dzese dzeMiddle East, uye masimba chete akasara akagadzirira kushanda mumauto eOttoman aive mapoka maviri evarwi, rimwe rakaumbwa mushure mematambudziko ekutanga muna 1915.