Where is Khashoggi’s body? Turkey asks Saudi Arabia
- Turkey has ‘information and evidence’ about the killing by Saudi officials but ‘no point in being too hasty’ to reveal it, Turkish president said
The Saudi officials who killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate must reveal the location of his body, Turkey’s president said on Friday in remarks that were sharply critical of the kingdom’s handling of the case.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also said Saudi Arabia’s chief prosecutor will arrive in Turkey on Sunday as part of the investigation and meet his Turkish counterparts.
On Thursday, Saudi prosecutors said Khashoggi’s killing was premeditated, citing Turkish evidence and changing the country’s account again to try to ease international outrage over the slaying of a prominent critic of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Turkey has other “information and evidence” about the killing by Saudi officials after Khashoggi entered the consulate on October 2 and it will eventually reveal it, Erdogan said without elaborating.
“There is no point in being too hasty,” he said in an indication that Turkey is prepared to keep pressure on Saudi Arabia, even as the kingdom struggles for ways to end the crisis.