KHASHOGGI TIMELINE: THE DIPLOMATIC FALLOUT
Accusations, denials and a missing journalist
October 2
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi enters the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul to receive documents for his upcoming marriage Khashoggi is a critic of Saudi King Salman and the Crown Prince
October 12
Saudi delegation arrives in Turkey for talks on the disappearance of Khashoggi
October 3
The Washington Post and Kashoggi’s fiancee Hatice Cengiz
raise the alarm, say Kashoggi has not been seen since entering the consulate Turkish authorities say they believe he is still at the consulate
October 13
Saudi minister
claims orders to kill Khashoggi were “baseless allegations” CCTV footage shows a jet alleged to have ferried a group of Saudi men at Ataturk airport on October 2
October 4
Saudi Arabia says that he disappeared after he left the building The Saudi ambassador is summoned to the Turkish foreign ministry
October 15
Turkish forensic office enters consulate US President Donald Trump sends Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Saudi Arabia to discuss the issue
October 5
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says that Khashoggi is not in the consulate and “we are ready to welcome the Turkish government to go and search our premises”
October 16
US Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh to discuss Khashoggi’s disappearance
October 6
Government sources say Turkish police believe Khashoggi was killed inside the consulate
October 17
Pompeo meets Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu
October 7
Turkey seeks permission to search the consulate. No search reported
October 18
Senior ministers from Britain, France and the Netherlands, and US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin pull out of a major investment conference in Saudi Arabia
October 11
Saudi Arabia says consulate cameras were not working on October 2. No search is reported
October 19
US President Donald Trump says “it certainly looks” like missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead and warned of “severe” consequences if the Saudi government is found responsible for it