Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1914, mutanen Girka na gida a yankin sun sha wahala daga mummunan aikin tsabtace kabilanci
na Ottoman jihar, yayin da Ottoman m ƙungiyoyi, Bashi-bazouks, wasu sun Cretan Musulmi, da yawa daga cikinsu sun musulmi 'yan gudun hijira, aka looting da kisan gida Helenawa, looting kauyuka kudu da Menemen. CUP ta ga wannan a matsayin ramuwar gayya ga Musulmai da ke wahala a ƙarƙashin mulkin Girka tun lokacin yaƙe-yaƙe na Balkan (1912-1913), wanda dubun dubatan suka bar gidajensu. A Serekieuy, gundumar Menemen, wadannan 'yan daba sun kashe' yan kauyen Girka, bayan sun yi kokarin kafa wani nau'i na juriya. Wasu 'yan kalilan sun tsere zuwa garin Menemen, wanda ke da yawan mutane 20,000, Bashi-bazouks sun harbe wadanda suka bar garin amma ba su kai wa garin hari ba.