A 23-year-old man, his wife and her sister were shot dead at a condominium in the university town of Chapel Hill on February 10. The suspected killer, a neighbor of the students, had been known to make anti-Islam remarks.
"Protect the common humanitarian values, shoulder to shoulder, along with other American Muslims and those who are against Islamophobia and racism," Davutoglu said on Wednesday, speaking in New York City to representatives of Turkish associations in the United States.
The Turkish prime minister criticized the international community for a lack of response to the killing of Muslim students.
Davutoglu stressed that if the United States wanted to remain a symbol of freedom, discriminatory and racist attitudes should not take root in US soil.
Human rights organizations and relatives of the victims have branded the killing a hate crime, committed out of misplaced anger and fear of people with diverse beliefs forming the basis of a growing Islamophobia within the United States.
