New York, NY, November 28, 1995...The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed outrage at the terrorist attack which killed a Jew in Bursa, Turkey and called on the Turkish government to publicly condemn the attack and immediately begin an intensive investigation to bring the assailants to justice.

Turkish security forces reportedly received an anonymous claim that the killing of Nesim Malki was in retaliation for the slaying last month in Malta of Fathi Shakaki, the head of the terrorist group Islamic Jihad.

"The Anti-Defamation League has grown increasingly concerned by anti-Jewish violent attacks within Turkey," Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, wrote to Ambassador Nuzhet Kandemir, Turkey's representative to the United States. "The Government of Turkey must step-up its efforts to protect the Jewish community of Turkey and do all it can to prevent future terrorist attacks," Mr. Foxman added.

ADL sent condolences to the Malki family and pledged to the Jewish community that it would "do all we can to urge the Government of Turkey to investigate today's terrorist attack and apprehend those responsible."

Turkish Jews have been a target of terrorists in several tragic incidents: in June, a radical Islamic group claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack which injured the leader of the Jewish community in Ankara; in September, 1986, 22 Jews were killed when the Neve Shalom synagogue in Istanbul was attacked by the Abu Nidal terrorist group.

The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.