Turkish president: Saudis plotted writer's killing

ANKARA, Turkey – Saudi officials murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate after plotting his death for days, Turkey's president said Tuesday, contradicting Saudia Arabia's explanation that the writer was accidentally killed. He asked for the kingdom to reveal the identities of all involved, regardless of rank.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also said he wants Saudi Arabia to allow 18 suspects that it detained for the sake of Saudi Arabia. Involved.

"To blame such an incident," Erdogan said in a speech to ruling party lawmakers in parliament.

"Saudi Arabia has taken an important step by admitting the murder. The Turkish president said, "We're going to be responsible for this."

Erdogan's speech was previously pitched as revealing the "naked truth" about Khashoggi's slaying. It is only a matter of time that it has been made available to the public by the United States of America and the Turkish Embassy in the United States.

However, it is a problem for the pros and cons of the suspects for the plot of masterminds.

"All evidence gathered that Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a savage murder. To cover up such a savagery would hurt the human conscience, "he said.

Erdogan did not mention Saudi Arabia's assertive Prince Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in his speech, though officials linked to the royal party were implicated in the killing. Al Saud family. Al Saud family. Al Saud family. Al Saud family.

International skepticism has intensified since Saudi Arabia said Khashoggi died in a brawl. The case has shocked the world and raised suspicions that a Saudi hit squad planned Khashoggi's killing after he walked into the consulate on Oct. 2, and then attempted to cover it up.

Before Erdogan's announcement, top Turkish officials said Turkey would be exactly what happened to Khashoggi and a stream of leaks to national and international media of the scandal.

Saudi Arabia said it was arrested and said that it was done to the contrary. Prince Mohammed of any responsibility.

On Monday, leaked surveillance of the post-Khashoggi disappeared into the consulate, apparently wearing the columnist's clothes as part of a macabre deception to sow confusion over his fate.

The new video is broadcast by CNN, a more pro-government Turkish newspaper's report that a member of Prince Mohammed's entourage made the calls to the royal office of the consulate on the same time. Meanwhile, Turkish crime-scene investigators swarmed at a garage Monday night in Istanbul.

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, meanwhile, said Tuesday the investigation into the killing of Khashoggi would produce the truth about what happened and that it was committed to ensuring that be held to account. "

Adel al-Jubeir, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Indonesia, also said that it would be a place where "something like this can never happen again."

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