Turkeys Demand that Saudi Prove Missing Journalist Left Their Consulate Alive...
Turkey demands that Saudis prove missing journalist left their consulate alive
By gowidenews
9 Oct, 2018 11:47am
4 minutes ago
Report reaching us says,
Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo / AP
Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo / AP
Washington Post
By: Erin Cunningham, Kareem Fahim
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded today that Saudi Arabia prove that journalist Jamal Khashoggi left the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on his own as Saudi officials have repeatedly asserted after he disappeared last week while inside the mission.
Erdogan's comments were his most direct suggestion yet of potential Saudi culpability in Khashoggi's disappearance and came after other Turkish officials have said they believe that he was killed by Saudi agents inside the consulate.
"Do you not have cameras and everything of the sort?" Erdogan said of the consular officials. "They have all of them. Then why do you not prove this? You need to prove it."
According to the report,
Turkey's Foreign Ministry summoned the Saudi ambassador to urge "full cooperation" in the investigation into Khashoggi's disappearance, the official Anadolu news agency said.
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The ambassador was called to the ministry in the Turkish capital, Ankara, the agency said. It was the second time Turkey summoned the ambassador since Khashoggi failed to emerge following a visit to the consulate on October 2.
Turkish officials have said they believe Khashoggi, 59, a critic of the Saudi leadership and a contributor to the Washington Post's Global Opinions section, was killed by a team of 15 Saudis flown in specifically to carry out the attack. Saudi authorities have called the charges "baseless."
The incident has angered rights activists and press freedom advocates, who have called on the Saudi Government to clarify Khashoggi's whereabouts. It has also raised tensions between regional rivals, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
Turkey has yet to make any evidence public. The private Turkish broadcaster, NTV, reported that police had requested access to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. It was unclear whether the police were granted access or if they would search the diplomatic mission in Istanbul's Levent district at a later date.
Another report in the daily newspaper Sabah said investigators were also focused on a convoy of diplomatic vehicles that departed from the consulate on the day Khashoggi vanished. A US official said that Turkish investigators believe Khashoggi was likely dismembered, removed in boxes and flown out of the country.
US President Donald Trump said that he is "concerned" about Khashoggi, although US officials have not issued a public demand for answers from ally Saudi Arabia.
By gowidenews
9 Oct, 2018 11:47am
4 minutes ago
Report reaching us says,
Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo / AP
Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo / AP
Washington Post
By: Erin Cunningham, Kareem Fahim
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded today that Saudi Arabia prove that journalist Jamal Khashoggi left the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on his own as Saudi officials have repeatedly asserted after he disappeared last week while inside the mission.
Erdogan's comments were his most direct suggestion yet of potential Saudi culpability in Khashoggi's disappearance and came after other Turkish officials have said they believe that he was killed by Saudi agents inside the consulate.
"Do you not have cameras and everything of the sort?" Erdogan said of the consular officials. "They have all of them. Then why do you not prove this? You need to prove it."
According to the report,
Turkey's Foreign Ministry summoned the Saudi ambassador to urge "full cooperation" in the investigation into Khashoggi's disappearance, the official Anadolu news agency said.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
The ambassador was called to the ministry in the Turkish capital, Ankara, the agency said. It was the second time Turkey summoned the ambassador since Khashoggi failed to emerge following a visit to the consulate on October 2.
Turkish officials have said they believe Khashoggi, 59, a critic of the Saudi leadership and a contributor to the Washington Post's Global Opinions section, was killed by a team of 15 Saudis flown in specifically to carry out the attack. Saudi authorities have called the charges "baseless."
The incident has angered rights activists and press freedom advocates, who have called on the Saudi Government to clarify Khashoggi's whereabouts. It has also raised tensions between regional rivals, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
Turkey has yet to make any evidence public. The private Turkish broadcaster, NTV, reported that police had requested access to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. It was unclear whether the police were granted access or if they would search the diplomatic mission in Istanbul's Levent district at a later date.
Another report in the daily newspaper Sabah said investigators were also focused on a convoy of diplomatic vehicles that departed from the consulate on the day Khashoggi vanished. A US official said that Turkish investigators believe Khashoggi was likely dismembered, removed in boxes and flown out of the country.
US President Donald Trump said that he is "concerned" about Khashoggi, although US officials have not issued a public demand for answers from ally Saudi Arabia.
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