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The Killing of Jamal Khashoggi INFO PACK Murder in a Consulate: The Killing of Jamal Khashoggi INFO PACK Murder in a Consulate: The Killing of Jamal Khashoggi The Killing of Jamal Khashoggi © TRT WORLD RESEARCH CENTRE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CONTRIBUTORS Alpaslan OĞUZ Edebali Murat AKCA Muhammed Lütfi TÜRKCAN PUBLISHER TRT WORLD RESEARCH CENTRE October 2018 PHOTO CREDIT ANADOLU AGENCY TRT WORLD İSTANBUL AHMET ADNAN SAYGUN STREET NO:83 34347 ULUS, BEŞİKTAŞ İSTANBUL / TURKEY TRT WORLD LONDON PORTLAND HOUSE 4 GREAT PORTLAND STREET NO:4 LONDON / UNITED KINGDOM TRT WORLD WASHINGTON D.C. 1620 I STREET NW, 10TH FLOOR, SUITE 1000, 20006 WASHINGTON DC / UNITED STATES www.trtworld.com researchcentre.trtworld.com 4 The Killing of Jamal Khashoggi Introduction he prominent Saudi journal- ble evidence seems to point to a poorly-execut- ist Jamal Khashoggi visited ed premeditated plot to kill the Saudi Journalist. the Saudi Consulate in Is- Evidence reveals that a squad of 15 Saudi men, tanbul on October 2, 2018 to including security and intelligence operatives, process paperwork for his conducted the operation. Turkish authorities dis- new marriage. He gave his closed that an official from the Saudi consulate mobile phone to his fiancée travelled to Saudi Arabia on September 29, the Twaiting outside the consulate and told her to call day of the first visit of Khashoggi to the consulate, an advisor to the Turkish President Recep Tayyip and three days before the operation, suggesting Erdoğan, if he did not emerge within a reason- that the operation was planned in Saudi Arabia. able amount of time. When Khashoggi failed to Three members of this 15-man squad arrived in emerge from the consulate, his fiancée, Hatice Istanbul a day before the operation and scouted Cengiz, alerted Turkish authorities. the area around the Belgrade Forest in Istanbul as well as locations in the coastal city of Yalova. Initially, Saudi Arabia categorically denied that a The remainder of the team arrived in Istanbul on murder took place in its consulate and claimed October 2, and was already positioned inside the that Khashoggi had left the consulate safely from consulate before Khashoggi entered the build- its back door. However, amidst revelations and ing. Later that night, the group of men returned international pressure, the Saudi Authorities at back to Saudi Arabia via Istanbul’s Atatürk Inter- last admitted on October 20 that Khashoggi was national Airport. killed. The Saudi version suggests that Khashog- gi was in some form of interrogation intended to This info pack outlines the information gathered convince him to return to Saudi Arabia. Howev- so far regarding the murder of Jamal Khashog- er, things went “very wrong” and Khashoggi was gi. It gives a detailed account of Khashoggi’s said to have lost his life in the course of a “brawl” background and political stance. It also explores with the interrogators. The official Saudi narra- Saudi Arabia’s recent domestic and foreign poli- tive has been received internationally with wide- cy behaviour under the de-facto rule of Moham- spread skepticism given its incongruence with mad Bin Salman Al Saud, aka MBS. The info pack the evidence that began to emerge. New infor- also highlights the reactions of Turkey, the US mation and evidence continues to emerge day and Saudi Arabia to the murder. Lastly, this doc- by day, indicating that the case is far from closed, ument evaluates the potential implications of the despite the attempts to put it to rest. Rather than murder of Khashoggi. being a case of unintentional death, the availa- Saudi Consulate in İstanbul Source: Arif Hüdaverdi Yaman - AA 5 The Killing of Jamal Khashoggi A Background to the Saudi Operation and the Turkish Investigation Turkey continues to investi- nection with Khashog- gate the death of journalist TURKEY’S INVESTIGATION INTO gi’s death. None of those Jamal Khashoggi, amidst wide- THE MURDER OF KHASHOGGI people are reported to spread scepticism about Saudi be members of the Saudi Arabia’s explanation of how he “Murder of Saudi royal family. journalist Jamal was killed and who ordered the The Saudi account has operation. Khashoggi was premeditated” done little to satisfy critics After almost three weeks after who consider it as yet an- the disappearance Khashog- “Vienna convention other tactic aiming to de- gi, Saudi Arabia confirmed would not allow such a flect blame away from the the death of journalist Jamal ‘savage’ murder” Saudi Crown Prince. The Khashoggi. The investigation fact the Saudis took more “Diplomatic led by Turkish prosecutors has immunity, which is than two weeks to con- pushed the Saudi authorities a part of the Vienna firm what Turkish inves- to abandon their earlier claim Convention, will be tigators have been saying that Khashoggi had left the opened to debate” all along and didn’t allow consulate and that whatever authorities to search dip- “It is very important happened to him after that was that such a critical lomatic buildings for 10 unknown. investigatinon should days, makes it even hard- There have been several state- be conducted by er to believe. a neutral and fair ments given by senior Turkish In the meantime, Turkish committee” officials in the past few weeks investigators have been to the effect that Khashoggi busy interviewing consu- had been killed and subsequently dismembered inside the lar employees, who seemingly provided information that fur- consulate. The Saudi narrative has changed a number of ther calls into question the Saudi explanation. Staff members times. After having denied that he had been killed, the Saudis said they were told to take two days off, including October 2, released a statement indicating that he had been killed acci- the day Khashoggi entered the consulate. The Turkish pros- dentally in the course of fight with his interrogators. Follow- ecution team has also searched the Saudi consul general’s ing the release of more evidence and international increduli- residence, as well as a consulate-registered car that were re- ty at the Saudi version of events, the Saudi public prosecutor trieved from a private parking lot. has now admitted that Khashoggi was killed in what appears Consequently, Turkey has been revealing more and more to be a ‘premeditated plot’. The Saudis have now sacked five information each day about what they say happened inside officials, including a key adviser to the crown prince and a the Saudi consulate. top intelligence officer, and arrested eighteen people in con- Turkish Police conducting investigation in Saudi Consulate in İstanbul, Source: Onur Çoban - AA 6 The Killing of Jamal Khashoggi SAUDI ARABIA’S CONSULATE IN ISTANBUL It has been 24 days since Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi went 1 missing after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul 1 SAUDI ARABIA’S 2 CONSULATE 3 2 BACK DOOR ENTRY 3 PARKING LOT FRONT DOOR 4 SECURITY CAMERA 4 5 JAMAL 5 KHASHOGGI’S AKAĞAÇ STREET LAST SEEN SPOT (OCT. 2 - 1:14 PM) 6 WAITING SPOT OF 6 HATİCE CENGİZ (FIANCEE OF KHASHOGGI) Source: Anadolu Agency 7 The Killing of Jamal Khashoggi Timeline June 2017 October 4, 2018 Jamal Khashoggi leaves Saudi Arabia for The government of Saudi Arabia announces that they are following Washington, DC amid a crackdown on the news that Khashoggi had disappeared and are working with dissent in his native Saudi Arabia. Turkish authorities to find him. The Turkish authorities say that he is still in the building and that an official invitation is required to be able May 2018 to investigate. Khashoggi meets Hatice Cengiz, a 36- year- old Turkish Ph.D. student Turkey’s foreign ministry to whom he is soon engaged, at a conference in İstanbul. summons Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Ankara September 28, 2018 over the disappearance He visits the Saudi Consulate in İstanbul for the first time to obtain of Khashoggi. However, a document he needed in order to be able to marry Hatice Cengiz. the Ambassador denies Cengiz said that first meeting was positive and said consulate having any knowledge of his personnel had “welcomed him warmly and assured him that the whereabouts. He adds that he necessary paperwork would come through”. would inform authorities once he got further information. October 5, 2018 In an interview with Bloomberg, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman says that Turkish authorities can search the Saudi consulate general in İstanbul. The Crown Prince responds to suggestions that Khashoggi may be in Saudi Arabia saying, “If he was in Saudi Arabia, I would know”. October 6, 2018 Saudi Arabia’s Consul General to İstanbul Muhammed al-Otaibi allows Reuters to monitor the building to prove that Khashoggi is not in the mission. On Saturday night, Reuters quotes two Turkish officials as saying that “he was killed in the consulate”. Furthermore, according to Reuters “we believe that the murder was planned and the body has been taken October 1, 2018 out of the consulate” the official said. Jamal returns to İstanbul following a trip to London. The İstanbul office of the chief prosecutor announces an investigation into the incident. October 2, 2018 October 7, 2018 Khashoggi visits the Saudi Consulate in İstanbul at 13:14 local time, seeking the documents he had previously been promised. His fiancée, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says that “My expectations Hatice Cengiz, waits for him outside are still based on good faith, I hope we do not face a situation we do for four hours, but he never comes want”. out and is told by Saudi Consulate October 8, 2018 personnel that he left out a rear door. Cengiz subsequently contacts Turkish officials said they suspect the Washington Post contributor the Turkish police. was killed at the Saudi Consulate and that his body was later removed 03:28 The fifteen Saudi suspects from the building.
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