 When Armenian spokesmen confronted the Turkish aga, it brought about enmity between both populations during which the events at Sason and Moush 1893 occurred.At the turn of the 20th century, most Armenians were peasants, who were exploited and oppressed by their Turkish feudal beys.According to the Russian vice-consul "Tumanskii", Armenian peasants were treated as serfs attached to some Turkish chief.