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"We do not blame anyone preemptively, but we will not allow concealment either," Celik said Saturday, when Turkey's first official reaction to Saudi Arabia's statement that Khashoggi's death was accidental. "It's a matter of honor for us to have this discovered, we will shed light on this issue using all the means at our disposal, it is the will of our president," he said. said Celik.
Sending Saturday to reporters in front of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turan Kislakci, president of the Turkish Arab Media Association and friend of Khashoggi, called on Saudi Arabia to hand over the journalist's body. "Give us Jamal, so that we can have a funeral for him, so that all those who care about him, world leaders, can come here to Istanbul for the funeral," said Kislakci.
"Exactly 18 days ago, a brutal murder was committed, like Saad Hariri we thought that (Khashoggi) would go away, and three days later we lost hope," he said. citing the case of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, detained in Saudi Arabia, according to several sources, last November. "We want justice to be done to Jamal Eighteen (suspects) are not enough, we want those who ordered it."
No trace of Khashoggi's body was found.
In a statement released Saturday, Saudi Arabia said that Khashoggi had died as a result of a fight with his bare hands after a violent debate. A source close to the Saudi royal palace told CNN that, according to the determination of the Saudis, the cause of Khashoggi's death was a strangulation or strangulation, but the authorities did not provide him with any evidence to support his claim. conclusion.
The suspects then tried to conceal the incident, the Saudi press release added.
Authorities announced a purge of senior Saudi officials, the detention of 18 people and a redesign of intelligence services to be led by the country's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – who privately believes he should have been aware. operation targeting Khashoggi.
The Riyadh statement was the first official confirmation of Khashoggi's death at his Istanbul consulate, as well as the first recognition of his involvement in the killing of that man, even though that death was accidental.
US President Donald Trump said he believed the Saudi story was credible, although he added that some issues remained unresolved. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was "deeply troubled" by the explanation, his spokesman said.
Khashoggi exiled himself in June 2017, just when bin Salman was elevated to the rank of Crown Prince. In his first opinion piece published in the Washington Post after his departure from Saudi Arabia, he described the political climate in the realm as "unbearable".
His assassination at the consulate comes amidst a wave of arrests targeting religious, human rights defenders and members of the Saudi intelligentsia.
The crackdown was largely conducted by a powerful security apparatus, known as the Presidency of State Security, created and led by bin Salman.
