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Turkish judiciary ‘fulfilled obligations’ in Khashoggi case, concludes top court

Turkish judiciary ‘fulfilled obligations’ in Khashoggi case, concludes top court

While acknowledging that Saudi authorities tampered with evidence in the journalist's murder case, the Constitutional Court concluded that Turkish authorities were not at fault.

25 October 2023

Turkey, Saudi Arabia sign wide range of agreements during Erdoğan's visit

Turkey, Saudi Arabia sign wide range of agreements during Erdoğan's visit

The agreements encompass various sectors, including economy and defense.

Biden administration requests immunity for Saudi crown prince in Khashoggi murder case

Biden administration requests immunity for Saudi crown prince in Khashoggi murder case

"Because Mohammed bin Salman is Saudi Arabia's 'sitting head of government' he is 'immune from the suit' under international law," said the administration. The lawsuit in the US was filed by Khashoggi's fiance Hatice Cengiz and a human rights organization he founded.

18 November 2022

Türkiye's interior minister marks Saudi Day at consulate where Khashoggi was murdered

Türkiye's interior minister marks Saudi Day at consulate where Khashoggi was murdered

President of religious affairs and İstanbul governor also attended the reception at the kingdom's consulate in İstanbul.

26 September 2022

Returning to the scene

WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Returning to the scene

MBS pays a “not too kind” visit to Turkey after years-long rift • Every single LGBTI+ event gets banned in Pride Month • Journalists continue protesting arrests, new bill • Wildfire season starts in the Aegean Region

27 June 2022 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

'Erdoğan bows before Saudis who dismembered a person in our country'

CHP LEADER KILIÇDAROĞLU

'Erdoğan bows before Saudis who dismembered a person in our country'

Weeks after handing over the Khashoggi case to Saudi Arabia, the president paid a visit to the country to meet its king and crown prince.

Khashoggi's fiancee appeals against court verdict passing murder case to Saudi Arabia

Khashoggi's fiancee appeals against court verdict passing murder case to Saudi Arabia

"It is clear that a fair trial will not be held by the Saudi authorities, and this is mentioned even in the indictment in Turkey," the lawyer of Hatice Cengiz has stated.

Turkey’s handing over the Khashoggi case to Saudi Arabia is a ‘disgrace’

CHP CHAIR KILIÇDAROĞLU

Turkey’s handing over the Khashoggi case to Saudi Arabia is a ‘disgrace’

Main opposition CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu has talked about Turkey’s decision to transfer the trial over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia: “You have handed over the prestige of the court and the nation and your sovereignty right.”

Khashoggi murder: Justice minister says he had no option but to pass the case to Saudi Arabia

Khashoggi murder: Justice minister says he had no option but to pass the case to Saudi Arabia

Minister Bozdağ has said that he acted in accordance with the law as the defendants could not be brought before the court in Turkey.

Murderers not to stand trial: Jamal Khashoggi case handed over to Saudi Arabia

Murderers not to stand trial: Jamal Khashoggi case handed over to Saudi Arabia

Upon the approval of the Justice Ministry, the high criminal court has relocated the trial over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in İstanbul to Saudi Arabia.

‘Path to impunity and injustice for Khashoggi murder must not be taken’

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

‘Path to impunity and injustice for Khashoggi murder must not be taken’

Regarding the Jamal Khashoggi murder case to be handed over to Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Callamard asks, “What has happened to Turkey’s declared commitment that justice must prevail for this gruesome murder?”

Jamal Khashoggi murder | Prosecutor wants the file to be handed over to Saudi Arabia

Jamal Khashoggi murder | Prosecutor wants the file to be handed over to Saudi Arabia

In the trial over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi from Saudi Arabia, the country has requested that the file be handed over to them and the red notice on the defendants be removed. The request will be asked to the Justice Ministry.

Jamal Khashoggi murder | One of the suspects caught in Paris

Jamal Khashoggi murder | One of the suspects caught in Paris

“It is excellent news that the French police did not turn a blind eye to the presence in France of Khaled al-Otaibi, a suspected member of the team that carried out the Khashoggi murder,” says RSF Secretary General Christophe Deloire.

8 December 2021

Khashoggi's fiancee urges Biden to fulfill his promise about the journalist's death

Khashoggi's fiancee urges Biden to fulfill his promise about the journalist's death

The Saudi journalist who was killed in the kingdom's consulate in İstanbul was commemorated on the thirs anniversary of his death.

Documents reveal Khashoggi's assassins used jets of company seized by bin Salman

Documents reveal Khashoggi's assassins used jets of company seized by bin Salman

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the kingdom's consulate in İstanbul in October 2018.

25 February 2021

Two years on, journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder still unsolved

Two years on, journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder still unsolved

Activists and human rights groups have said the murder was premeditated and carried out upon directives of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

UN: Saudi Arabia's trial of Jamal Khashoggi murder lacked transparency

UN: Saudi Arabia's trial of Jamal Khashoggi murder lacked transparency

"This is a case where there hasn't been proper transparency in the justice process and clearly those responsible should be prosecuted, and, and given sentences commensurate with the crime," a UN spokesperson has said.

8 September 2020

Saudi Arabia convicts eight over Khashoggi murder

Saudi Arabia convicts eight over Khashoggi murder

UN human rights investigator Agnes Callamard verdict on the 2018 murder "parody of justice," which spared "high-level" plotters.

8 September 2020

Khashoggi case in Turkey is important as the Saudi trial was 'a parody,' says UN rapporteur

Khashoggi case in Turkey is important as the Saudi trial was 'a parody,' says UN rapporteur

A court this month began trying 20 Saudi citizens in absentia over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.

‘Diagnosed with Covid-19, 128 Citizens of Turkey Stranded in Saudi Arabia’

‘Diagnosed with Covid-19, 128 Citizens of Turkey Stranded in Saudi Arabia’

HDP Adana MP Hatimoğulları has called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take action about the citizens of Turkey stranded abroad, especially in Saudi Arabia. “The death of Arpacı was kept hidden from his family for four days,” the MP has noted.

Prince Salman Denies Ordering Khashoggi Murder, Erdoğan Blames 'Saudi Shadow State'

Prince Salman Denies Ordering Khashoggi Murder, Erdoğan Blames 'Saudi Shadow State'

Salman has clarified his words on taking the responsibility of the journalist's murder while Erdoğan has claimed that the killing served the interests of "a shadow state within the kingdom."

30 September 2019

İstanbul Security Directorate Report: Everything Planned in Khashoggi Murder

İstanbul Security Directorate Report: Everything Planned in Khashoggi Murder

In a new report, the İstanbul Security Directorate has said that on the day of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing, a tandoor oven was fired in the Consulate General and 32 kilograms of raw meat was ordered from a near restaurant.

15 February 2019

Campaign to Rename Street of Saudi Consulate in İstanbul ‘Jamal Khashoggi Street’

Campaign to Rename Street of Saudi Consulate in İstanbul ‘Jamal Khashoggi Street’

Amnesty International Turkey has launched a campaign and demanded that the street in front of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul, where journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered, be renamed after the deceased journalist.

4 February 2019

Saudi Consulate in İstanbul Does Not Let UN Delegation in

JAMAL KHASHOGGI MURDER

Saudi Consulate in İstanbul Does Not Let UN Delegation in

UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions Callamard and the delegation with her, who came to İstanbul to investigate the journalist Khashoggi's murder, have not been given permission to enter the Saudi Consulate in İstanbul.

30 January 2019

HRW: Turkey Should Request Inquiry from UN on Khashoggi Murder

HRW: Turkey Should Request Inquiry from UN on Khashoggi Murder

“A UN investigation has the best chance of pushing Saudi Arabia to provide the needed facts and information about Mohamed bin Salman’s precise role in this murder”, said HRW Middle East Director.

6 December 2018

Turkey Dissatisfied with The Saudi Indictment for Khashoggi's Murder

Turkey Dissatisfied with The Saudi Indictment for Khashoggi's Murder

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu slammed the Saudi narrative of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi that the journalist was killed due to brawling and overdose drugging. Çavuşoğlu insisted that the suspects should be tried in Turkey.

15 November 2018

Saturday Mothers/People: Deceased Body of Khashoggi Should Be Given to His Family

Saturday Mothers/People: Deceased Body of Khashoggi Should Be Given to His Family

It has been a month since journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered. Saturday Mothers/People and Human Rights Association have made a call to the authorities to find the deceased body of Khashoggi and deliver it to his loved ones.

2 November 2018

"Saudis Should Cooperate" Urges Justice Minister Gül

KHASHOGGİ MURDER CASE

"Saudis Should Cooperate" Urges Justice Minister Gül

"A case involving the world public opinion can not be veiled. We are expecting the close cooperation of the Saudi officials for the thorough clarification of the case." Minister Gül reacted on the inconclusive talks with the Saudi Prosecutor on the Khashoggi murder case.

1 November 2018

"Khashoggi Strangled and His Body Annihilated in the Saudi Istanbul Consulate"

TURKISH PROSECUTORS' OFFICIAL NARRATIVE

"Khashoggi Strangled and His Body Annihilated in the Saudi Istanbul Consulate"

After inconclusive talks with Saudi counterparts in Istanbul, Turkish prosecutors "deeming it compulsory regarding the gravity of the incident to share their version of the Khashoggi murder case based on available evidence" unilaterally release their narrative of the Khashoggi's murder today,

31 October 2018

Public Prosecutor of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul for Khashoggi Investigation

Public Prosecutor of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul for Khashoggi Investigation

Public Prosecutor of Saudi Arabia Saud al-Mojeb, who has been in İstanbul as part of the investigation launched into the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has visited the İstanbul Courthouse and the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey.

31 October 2018

One-Person Protest for Journalist Khashoggi

One-Person Protest for Journalist Khashoggi

Sahar Zaky, a friend of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has laid a bouquet of chrysanthemum flowers in front of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul. In her one-person protest, Zaky has chanted the slogan, “Justice to Jamal Khashoggi”.

26 October 2018

Witness Testifying in Journalist Khashoggi Investigation Speaks

Witness Testifying in Journalist Khashoggi Investigation Speaks

22 employees of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul have been called as witnesses as part of the investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. One of the witnesses has stated that they worked full time on the day of incident.

22 October 2018

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