Ka kammala wannan magana: Maimakon haka, wannan lokacin ya zama labarin gwagwarmayar Empire. Duk da sauye-sauyen soja, Sojojin Ottoman sun gamu da mummunar asara a cikin Yaƙin Italiya-Turkiya (1911<unk>1912) da Yaƙe-yaƙe na Balkan (1912<unk>1913), wanda ya sa aka kori Ottomans daga Arewacin Afirka kuma kusan daga Turai. Rashin ci gaba da rikice-rikice wanda ya kai ga Yaƙin Duniya na resultedasa ya haifar da 31 Maris Incident, 1912 Ottoman coup d'état da kuma 1913 Ottoman coup d'état. Gwamnatin kwamitin hadin kai da ci gaba (CUP) ta zama mai tsattsauran ra'ayi a wannan lokacin, kuma ta gudanar da tsaftace kabilanci da kisan kare dangi a kan Armeniya, Assuriya, da kuma Turkiyya.
'Yan kasar Girka, abubuwan da suka faru a wasu lokuta ana kiransu da kisan kare dangi na Ottoman. Kasancewar Ottoman a cikin Yaƙin Duniya na I ya ƙare tare da shan kashi da kuma rarraba sauran yankuna na daular a ƙarƙashin sharuɗɗan Yarjejeniyar Sèvres. Yarjejeniyar, wanda aka tsara a taron na London, ya ba da ƙasa ta asali ga jihar Ottoman kuma ya ba ta damar riƙe sunan "Ottoman Caliphate" (kamar Vatican, jihar firist-sarauta da Paparoma Katolika ke mulki), yana barin ta da rauni sosai. Wani abin da ya haifar da wannan tsari shi ne burin Birtaniya na hana Khilafat Movement.