Buuxi weedha soo socota: 24-kii Maajo 1915, ka dib markii ay ogaadeen "Dambiga Weyn", dowladaha Ingiriiska, Faransiiska iyo Ruushka ayaa soo saaray bayaan wadajir ah oo ku eedeynaya dowladda Cusmaaniyiinta "dambiyo ka dhan ah aadanaha", markii ugu horreysay taariikhda ee ereygan loo adeegsado. ingiriiska, faransiiska iyo ruushka ayaa balan qaaday mar hadii dagaalka laga adkaado in ay maxkamad soo taagi doonaan hogaamiyayaasha Cusmaaniyiinta ee ka danbeeyay xasuuqii Armenia. Si kastaba ha noqotee iyadoo ciidamada Anglo-Australia-New Zealand-Indian-French ay ku xanniban yihiin Gallipoli iyo duulimaad kale oo Anglo-Indian ah oo si tartiib tartiib ah ugu sii gudbaya Baghdad, hoggaamiyeyaasha CUP uma hanjabin hanjabaadda Allied-ka ee ah in maxkamad la soo taago. Bishii Nofeembar 22-23, 1915, General Sir Charles Townshend waxaa lagaga adkaaday Dagaalkii Ctesiphon ee ay la galeen Nureddin Pasha iyo Goltz Pasha, taas oo soo afjartay horumarka Ingiriiska ee Baqdaad. 3-dii December, 1915, waxa ka hadhay ciidankii Townshend waxay ahaayeen
Waxaa lagu hareereeyay Kut al-Amara (ciidammadiisa waxay u dhiibeen Halil Pasha shan bilood ka dib). Bishii Janaayo 1916, Gallipoli waxay ku dhammaatay guul Ottoman ah iyadoo ay ka baxeen ciidamada Allied-ka; guushan ayaa wax badan ka qabatay kor u qaadista sumcadda nidaamka CUP. Dagaalkii Gallipoli kadib, Enver Pasha waxa uu ku dhawaaqay hadalkaas kibirka leh ee uu ku sheegay in boqortooyada la badbaadiyay halka boqortooyada ingiriiska ee awooda lahaydna ay ku adkaatay guul daro aan horay loo arag.