Khashoggi news: Turkish president Erdogan urges Saudi Arabia to disclose who gave order to murder journalist
UN investigator said journalist was victim of 'extrajudicial execution' after Saudi prosecutor general says murder was premeditated crime
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The Saudi officials who killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate must reveal the location of his body, Turkey's president said as he sharply criticised the kingdom's handling of the case.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan also said Saudi Arabia's chief prosecutor will arrive in Turkey on Sunday as part of the investigation and will meet Turkish counterparts.
Turkey's state-run news agency said Turkish prosecutors plan to seek the extradition of 18 suspects.
Anadolu Agency said the Istanbul chief prosecutor's office submitted its request to the justice ministry, and the foreign ministry will formally request the extraditions.
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 murder 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 2 October, and it will eventually reveal that information, Mr Erdogan said.
"There is no point in being too hasty," he said in an indication that Turkey is prepared to maintain pressure on Saudi Arabia, even as the kingdom struggles for ways to end the crisis.
CIA director Gina Haspel was in Turkey earlier this week to review evidence, and she briefed Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday.
What the US president called "one of the worst cover-ups in the history of cover-ups" was revealed to the world by Turkish leaks of information, including references to purported audio recordings of the killing, and security camera footage of the Saudi officials involved as they moved around Istanbul.
Key mysteries remaining include whether the killing was carried out with the knowledge of the crown prince, who denies it, and the location of Khashoggi's body.
"It is clear that he has been killed but where is it? You have to show the body," Mr Erdogan said during an address to Turkey's ruling party leaders.
He criticised initial Saudi statements that claimed Khashoggi had left the consulate unharmed after going there for paperwork related to his planned marriage to a Turkish woman.
"He will leave the consulate and not take his fiancee with him? Such childish statements do not go hand in hand with statesmanship," said Mr Erdogan, again urging Saudi Arabia to turn over 18 suspects the kingdom said it had arrested and would punish for the crime.
"If you cannot get them to speak ... then hand them over to us and let us put them on trial," he added.
Mr Khashoggi's son Salah has left Saudi Arabia after the kingdom revoked a travel ban, allowing him to travel to the US.
Mr Khashoggi's fiancee said later that she has not received any condolence call from Saudi officials.
Hatice Cengiz, who is Turkish, also said in an interview on Turkish television channel HaberTurk: "I found myself in a darkness I cannot express."
She said she had asked US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, who called her about the case, whether he had any news that would make her happy.
"But he said he didn't," she added.
State department spokesperson Robert Palladino said Washington welcomed the decision to have Salah Khashoggi and his family leave Saudi Arabia. His US destination was not immediately known but his late father lived in the Washington area.
The statement from Saudi prosecutors that evidence showed Khashoggi's killing was premeditated contradicted an earlier Saudi assertion that rogue officials from the kingdom had killed him by mistake in a brawl.
That assertion, in turn, backtracked from an initial statement that Saudi authorities knew nothing about what happened to the columnist for the Washington Post.
The shifting explanations indicate Saudi Arabia is scrambling for a way out of the crisis that has enveloped the world's largest oil exporter and a major US ally in the Middle East.
But a solution seems a long way off, partly because of deepening scepticism in Turkey and elsewhere that the brazen crime could have been carried out without the involvement of Prince Mohammed, the kingdom's heir apparent.
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Turkish police are investigating water samples taken from a well at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul as part of an investigation into the killing Khashoggi, broadcaster CNN Turk reports.
On Wednesday, Turkish authorities were granted permission by Saudi officials to carry out inspections at the well after initially being denied access.
Germany's economy minister has said "many question marks" remain over the killing Khashoggi.
Peter Altmaier, who is on a two-day visit to Turkey to boost trade ties, praised Turkish officials for their efforts to shed light on the killing.
He said the slaying of Khashoggi has drawn widespread condemnation.
A behind the scenes look at Saudi Arabia's "Davos in the Desert" investment conference, from The Independent's economics editor, Ben Chu.
The US has revoked visas for a number of Saudis thought to be responsible for Khashoggi's death.
Jamal Khashoggi's son has reportedly been allowed to leave Saudi Arabia and is travelling to the US.
The Saudi regime has lifted a travel ban that had been holding Salah Khashoggi and his family in the country, said Sarah Leah Whitson, Human Rights Watch's executive director for the Middle East.
Reuters also reported Salah had flown out of Saudi Arabia, citing two sources close to his family. The sources declined to disclose his destination or other details of his departure.
On Tuesday, the Saudi foreign ministry released a picture of a stony-faced Salah Khashoggi meeting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has been accused of murdering his father.
The younger Khashoggi had received a royal summons to meet the crown prince, something Ms Whitson described as "cruel and bizarre".
We're wrapping up this live article now. Thanks for reading.
We will be back with the latest updates tomorrow.
Hello and welcome to the latest updates about the investigation into the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.
A UN investigator has said the journalist was the victim of an "extrajudicial execution" carried out by the Saudi state and added that those who committed and orchestrated the killing "are high enough to represent the state".
Saudi Arabia has detained 18 people.
On Thursday, the kingdom's prosecutor general said Turkish evidence showed Khashoggi's slaying was premeditated.
Khashoggi was enticed to travel to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by the kingdom's officials in its embassy in Washington DC, sources claim to Kim Sengupta.
Khashoggi's son has left Saudi Arabia after the kingdom revoked a travel ban and allowed him to travel to the US.
A spokesman for the State Department, Robert Palladino, said Washington welcomed the decision.
The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, had discussed the case of Khashoggi's son, Salah, during his recent visit to the kingdom, making it "clear to Saudi leaders" that Washington wanted the son to return to the US.
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