Turkey’s president has alleged journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a “savage” pre-planned murder at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, directly contradicting the Gulf kingdom’s account of the dissident’s death.
The accusations by Recep Tayyip Erdogan are the most direct challenge to Saudi rulers since Khashoggi’s disappearance this month and included a demand for more answers from Riyadh, significantly raising the pressure on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the country’s de facto leader.
The Turkish leader’s speech put the spotlight back on Prince Mohammed after Saudi rulers claimed Khashoggi was killed accidentally in a fist fight while visiting the consulate.
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