ANKARA ASKS TO SEARCH CONSULATE FOR JOURNALIST

ANKARA Turkey has demanded Saudi Arabia allow police to search the Istanbul consulate where a prominent Saudi journalist disappeared last week, a Turkish official said Monday.

Yasin Aktay, an adviser to the Turkish president, said Saudi Arabia had not yet agreed to let investigators search the facility as part of their investigation into the fate of Jamal Khashoggi.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s president, challenged officials to prove their claim Khashoggi had left the consulate. The Washington Post columnist who criticized the Saudi government has not been seen since he entered the consulate last Tuesday.