Following the Mediterranean Sea incident, as Israeli commandos intercepted Turkish Mavi Marmara aid ship, towing for Gaza, new crisis wave emerged in Israeli-Turkish relations. The sides addressed tough condemnations against each other on state and public level. Anti-Israeli moods intensified in Turkey.
According to Firat news agency, 4 professors from the US Georgetown and Israeli Bar-Ilan Universities addressed a letter to the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and called on Tel Aviv to recognize the Armenian Genocide and make a due decision officially. The professors also urged Ankara to at least grant status of autonomy to the millions of Kurds living in Turkey.