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The Latest: Top pol says Turkey to 'never allow' cover-upISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist who vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this month (all times local): 1:50 p.m. The deputy head of Turkey's ruling party says Turkey will 'never allow a cover-up' of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul. Numan Kurtulmus of the ruling Justice and Development Party also said Saturday that Turkey would share its evidence of Khashoggi's killing with the world and that a 'conclusive result' of the investigation is close. His comments came hours after Saudi Arabia said Khashoggi died after a 'fistfight' in its consulate, and that 18 Saudi suspects are in custody. Turkish pro-government media have given a different account, saying a hit squad was sent from Saudi Arabia to kill the columnist for The Washington Post. Kurtulmus says he thinks 'it's not possible for the Saudi administration to wiggle itself out of this crime if it's confirmed.'
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Turkish reaction: we won't allow 'cover-up' in Saudi killingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey will 'never allow a cover-up' of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, a senior official in Turkey's ruling party said Saturday after Saudi Arabia announced hours earlier that the writer died during a 'fistfight' in its consulate. The critical reaction by Numan Kurtulmus, deputy head of the Justice and Development Party, suggested that Turkey, which started its own investigation amid pro-government media reports that a Saudi hit squad killed Khashoggi, was not prepared to go along with the Saudi version of what happened to the writer.
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Saudi financial clout over media helps in Khashoggi affairCAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia's financial clout among the Arab media has given it an influential tool as it grapples with the international outcry over the death of Saudi writer and dissident Jamal Khashoggi. From the time Khashoggi vanished into the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, newspapers and television stations across the region allied with Riyadh have echoed the Saudi denial of any knowledge of his fate. Or they weaved alternative scenarios of an alleged plot by Saudi Arabia's top rivals Qatar and Turkey to destabilize the kingdom.
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