Elza Niego affair

The murder of Elza Niego (Turkish: Elza Niyego, Hebrew: אלזה נייגו) occurred on 17 August 1927 in Istanbul, Turkey. Niego, a 20-year-old Jewish woman, was killed by Osman Ratıp Bey, a former Ottoman official. The murder and the subsequent funeral, which evolved into a mass demonstration against the lack of state protection, sparked a significant anti-Jewish reaction in the Turkish press and led to criminal proceedings against Jewish protestors for "insulting Turkishness." The event is considered a pivotal moment in the history of the Jewish minority in the early Turkish Republic, contributing to the intensification of the "Citizen, speak Turkish!" campaign.

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