Highest level of Saudi govt ordered Khashoggi's slaying: Erdogan

ANKARA: The order to kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi came from the very best stage of the Saudi govt, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan mentioned Friday, adding that the international community had the duty to "reveal the puppet masters" in the back of the slaying.

In an op-ed in The Washington Post, Erdogan mentioned he didn't imagine that Saudi King Salman had ordered the killing of Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate on October 2. He mentioned Turkey's shut ties to Saudi Arabia didn't mean that Turkey may just flip a blind eye to the killing of the journalist.

"We know that the order to kill Khashoggi came from the highest levels of the Saudi government," Erdogan mentioned.

Erdogan wrote: "As responsible members of the international community, we must reveal the identities of the puppet masters behind Khashoggi's killing and discover those in whom Saudi officials — still trying to cover up the murder — have placed their trust."

Istanbul's leader prosecutor introduced Wednesday that Khashoggi, who lived in exile in the United States, used to be strangled instantly after he entered the consulate as part of a premeditated killing and that his body used to be dismembered before being got rid of.

Turkey is seeking the extradition of 18 suspects who have been detained in Saudi Arabia so they may be able to be placed on trial in Turkey. They include 15 members of an alleged Saudi "hit squad" that Turkey says used to be sent to Istanbul to kill The Washington Post columnist who had written significantly of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Some of the ones implicated in the killing are members of the crown prince's entourage.

In the opinion piece, Erdogan didn't point out the prince. But few in Turkey and in other places imagine that the crime will have been carried out with out the knowledge of the kingdom's tough inheritor obvious.

Meanwhile, a Turkish reputable mentioned he believes Khashoggi's body used to be dissolved in acid or other chemicals after it used to be mutilated.

Yasin Aktay, a ruling birthday party adviser to Erdogan, advised The Associated Press on Friday that "there can be no other formula" to give an explanation for why Khashoggi's remains have no longer been found a month after he used to be killed.

Aktay, who used to be friend of Khashoggi's, mentioned he believes that the body used to be lower into items so that it could be dissolved in chemicals. He mentioned: "all the findings point to his body parts being melted." But the reputable didn't offer any proof for his comments.

Khashoggi had entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul to collect a record he had to marry his Turkish fiancee.

In Bulgaria on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Khashoggi's slaying a horrendous act that "should be duly dealt with" in a way that doesn't undermine Saudi Arabia's stability.

Netanyahu mentioned at a news convention that Iran is a bigger risk than Saudi Arabia and those that need to punish the Middle East kingdom wish to endure that during mind.

"A way must be found to achieve both goals, because I think that the larger problem is Iran," mentioned the Israeli leader, who attended a gathering of the high ministers of Bulgaria, Greece and Romania and the president of Serbia at a Black Sea lodge.