Saudi, Turkish prosecutors meet over Jamal Khashoggi murder
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a request for the extradition of 18 suspects arrested in Saudi Arabia is being relayed to the kingdom
Istanbul/Riyadh — The Saudi public prosecutor heading the investigation of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi met Istanbul’s chief prosecutor on Monday, state-owned Anadolu news agency said. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey valued the outcome of the talks between the two prosecutors. Anadolu said the Saudi prosecutor would inspect the Saudi consulate in Istanbul where Khashoggi was killed nearly four weeks ago. The death of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and a critic of Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, caused global outrage and pitched the world’s top oil exporter into crisis. Erdogan has expressed scepticism about the shifting Saudi explanations of the killing, and has called on the kingdom to hold to account all those responsible, no matter how highly placed. Saudi public prosecutor Saud al-Mojeb said this week the killing was premeditated, contradicting a previous official statement that it happened acciden...
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