Turkish President Abdulla Gul sent a message to US President Barack Obama to convey condolences over the killing of US State Department officers, Anadolu Agency reported.
President Gul expressed his condolences and condemned the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi which killed US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and four other Americans.
The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other embassy staff have been killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, al Jazeera television reported, citing local officials.
Ambassador Chris Stevens died of smoke inhalation on Tuesday after the facility was set on fire by an armed mob angry over a U.S.-produced film that is said to be insulting to Islam's Prophet Muhammad.