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According to Turkish media reports, the anti-terrorist police also reportedly burst into a smaller house in Yalova, occupied by an Arab family in mid-October, but the trail seemed to be cold.
The Saudi authorities arrested 18 people, initiated criminal proceedings against 11 of them, threatened five of them to be executed and pledged to cooperate with the Turkish investigation. .
Turkish officials have complained that the Saudis have not responded to the question of where and how the remains of Mr. Khashoggi were thrown away.
Saudi prosecutor Saud al-Mujeb, who visited Istanbul at the end of October, said that after the assassination of Mr. Khashoggi in the interior from the consulate, his body had been handed over to a "local collaborator". Saudi officials did not disclose the identity of the local collaborator despite repeated requests from Turkey, which led officials to doubt the information.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said last week that the Saudi strike team may have been able to return the dismembered body of Mr. Khashoggi in suitcases to Saudi Arabia, using the diplomatic immunity to avoid the search of baggage. Other Turkish officials have suggested that his body had been thrown somewhere in Turkey or dissolved in acid.
The mansion sought on Monday was occupied by Mohammed Ahmed A. Alfaozan, according to the Turkish prosecutor, Mr. Fidan. In his statement, Mr. Fidan said that one of the members of the Saudi group involved in the assassination, Mansour Othman M. Abahussain, had contacted Mr. Alfaozan on October 1, the day before the murder.
"It is believed that this contact was intended to destroy / hide the body of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed and dismembered," the statement said.
Abahussain, 46, is one of 18 men arrested in Saudi Arabia. The US Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on the killing of Mr. Khashoggi.
