Turkish court investigates 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi The Saudi consulate in Istanbul decided this Thursday close the case and send the file Saudi Arabia, so one of the main investigations to convict the criminal comes to an end.
This court tried in absentia 26 Saudi citizens accused of killing and disposing of Khashoggi’s body. Journalist critical of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin SalmanHe said he was last seen entering his country’s consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018.
This decision came after the Ministry of Justice evaluated the request of the prosecutor in charge of the case on 31 March to close the case, arguing that all suspects were abroad and that arrest was not possible.
Ministry determinedIt is appropriate to refer the case to Saudi Arabia.
Ali Ceylan, the lawyer of the journalist’s fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, criticized the decision and said that it is necessary to “protect the honor of the Turkish nation”.
Turkish authorities evaluated this. it was “solved” that the journalist was killed by a commando who came to Istanbul from Riyadh and his body was later dismembered.
While the Turkish Prosecutor’s Office opened a case against 26 Saudi nationals in absentia two years ago, Saudi Arabia closed the case in September 2020 after serving eight defendants, five of whom were sentenced to death, to 20 years in prison.