Erdogan’s deal with Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi case.
Riyadh’s most important request was made to Ankara to boost the political-economic relationship, which was the closing of the case of the brutal murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashgechi, and with the transfer of this case to Saudi Arabia and Ankara’s waiver of this case, the Turkish relationship – Saudi Arabia has reached its peak.
Khashgechi, a Washington Post journalist and an opponent of the Saudi regime, especially the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was brutally dismembered and killed in September 2017 at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, sparking tensions. Ankara – Riyadh. In addition to this, Turkish interventions in Libya and a number of other Arab countries that joined the revolution in 2010 are issues that Riyadh and Ankara disagreed with.
But in recent months, Ankara has sought to improve relations with Riyadh and other Arab Gulf states, with the transfer of Jamal Khashgechi’s case to Riyadh showing that Turkish officials have dealt with Saudi officials, especially the Crown Prince.
Regional media reported yesterday (Saturday, April 4) that Turkey, following efforts to improve its relations with Saudi Arabia, decided to transfer the case of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashgechi to Saudi Arabia.
The Turkish Ministry of Justice has agreed to transfer the trial of Saudi suspects in the murder case of Jamal Khashgeji, a journalist killed in opposition to the Al-Saud regime, to Riyadh, the Turkish news network Khabar Turk reported.
Earlier, a Turkish court tried 26 Saudis in absentia on suspicion of involvement in the brutal murder, but with the Turkish prosecutor in Istanbul ordering that the case be transferred to Saudi Arabia, the course of the case will surely change. Because after the transfer of this case, Turkey will no longer be involved in it and the trial will continue in Saudi Arabia.
