Turks want speedy inquiry

Turkey called on Monday for the investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to be completed “as soon as possible”, after state media reported Saudi Arabia’s chief prosecutor met the head of the Turkish probe.

“We naturally see an advantage in our prosecutors sharing information and working together,” Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a media conference in Istanbul.

“The co-operation must continue but it must not be drawn out or turn into a diversion.

“The investigation must be completed as soon as possible, so that the whole truth revealed,” Cavusoglu said.

His comments came after Saudi attorney-general Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb met with Istanbul chief prosecutor Irfan Fidan in the Turkish city’s main Caglayan court for about 75 minutes, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Monday.

Mojeb, who last week acknowledged that the killing was “premeditated” on Turkish evidence, arrived in Istanbul early on Monday.

He was expected to inspect the Saudi consulate where Khashoggi was killed.

The case has brought near unprecedented international is scrutiny of Saudi Arabia, which is seeking to draw a line under the crisis after offering a series of differing narratives in the weeks following Khashoggi’s murder.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that a 15-person team came from Riyadh to kill Khashoggi.

Gruesome reports in the Turkish media have alleged that Khashoggi’s body, which has still not been found, was cut up into multiple pieces.

Asked about the body’s location, Cavusoglu said that “as those who committed the murder are in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia has a very large responsibility”.