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After the violent death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, targeted indiscretions from the Turkish side continue to put pressure on Saudi Arabia. The ruling Turkish ruling party president, the AKP, on Monday spoke of a brutally planned murder. Meanwhile, the prosecutor interviewed several members of the consular staff.
23:43, 22 October 2018
"We find that it is an extremely brutally planned situation and that many efforts are being made to conceal the problem," said AKP spokesman Ömer Celik. , but did not provide details of the investigation. "It's a very complicated murder."
The Higher Education could bring a statement announced today by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in which he wished to give details of the events. According to media reports, Turkish investigators badume that Khashoggi was tortured, murdered and dismembered by a Saudi-based task force on October 2 at the Saudi Mission in Istanbul.
The pro-government Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak reported a phone conversation the day Khashoggi disappeared, which could put pressure on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS). According to the head of the Saudi command, the crown prince's office chief has called four times. The phone call would have been pbaded by the consul general's office and after Khashoggi's death.
For weeks, the Riyadh government denied knowing of the journalist's murder at the consulate and only announced it last weekend. Riyadh's official statement is that he was killed in an uncontrolled conflict.
Faced with ever new details, the call to the consequences becomes stronger and stronger. Brussels would closely monitor the ongoing investigation, said a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy, Federica Mogherini. EU states would discuss the impact of the case on relations with Saudi Arabia. Ultimately, responsibility for arms exports rests with individual Member States.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has already closed the weekend more weapons export license to Saudi Arabia until the investigation into the case. The Saudi ambbadador to Berlin has also been quoted for talks with the Foreign Office.
The President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, called for an international investigation into the case. This must be conducted in a "rigorous" way to obtain complete information on the violent death of the journalist, he declared Monday in Strasbourg. The Saudi government must "shed light on events," said the Italian Christian Democrat. Those responsible for the crime must be arrested and punished. The European Parliament wants to debate the case on Tuesday afternoon. A statement from Mogherini is also expected.
Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl (FPÖ) on Saturday dismissed the "Khashoggi affair" case as a "peak of horror". Such a serious incident should not be without consequences, especially with regard to EU relations with Saudi Arabia. Kneissl called for a "comprehensive, credible and independent investigation". SPÖ, Neos and List Pilz also campaigned for clarification and called on the Austrian government to take action.
The case also conceals a working conference scheduled for Tuesday in Riyadh, where the kingdom is seeking to recruit foreign investors. As before, other representatives of politics and the business world said Monday at the end of his visit, the president of Siemens, Joe Kaeser. It was not a decision against the kingdom or its inhabitants, he wrote on Linkedin. "But now the truth must be discovered and justice done."
The investor conference website has apparently become the target of a hacker attack. A day before the start of the economic meeting, messages were posted Monday on the home page criticizing Riad's role in the Yemeni conflict and blaming the kingdom for financing terrorism. The site was then disconnected. Initially, no one engaged in the alleged cyber attack. The organizers of the investor conference were not available to comment.
Meanwhile, five witnesses were questioned Monday by several prosecutors in Istanbul. As the official Anadolu news agency reported, it was consular staff. More than 20 other witnesses should always be interviewed.
Turkish police found a consulate car in an underground car park. Investigators had asked after the discovery in Sultangazi district by the prosecutor and consulate of Saudi Arabia, permission to search the car, reported Monday the official Anadolu news agency. They suspect a connection to the Kashoggi case.
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