    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2003, Book II)]
    [November 15, 2003]
    [Page 1547]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    [[Page 1547]]

    Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Istanbul, Turkey
    November 15, 2003

        I condemn in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attacks
    today in Istanbul, where Turkey's diverse religious communities of
    Muslim, Jewish, and Christian believers have flourished together for
    centuries. The focus of these attacks on Turkey's Jewish community, in
    Istanbul's synagogues where men, women, and children gathered to worship
    God, remind us that our enemy in the war against terror is without
    conscience or faith. Turkey has suffered terrible losses from terrorism
    for decades, and the United States stands resolutely with Turkey in the
    global war on terrorism. On behalf of the American people, I express our
    condolences to the families of the victims, to Turkey's Jewish
    community, and to all the people of the Turkish Republic.