The Turkish authorities are carefully investigating the disappearance of prominent Saudi opposition journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, Omer Celik, the spokesman for Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, said on Saturday.
ANKARA (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 07th October, 2018) The Turkish authorities are carefully investigating the disappearance of prominent Saudi opposition journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, Omer Celik, the spokesman for Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, said on Saturday.
Earlier on Saturday, local media reported that the prosecutor's office of Istanbul had launched a probe into the case.
"Our sensitivity regarding the disappearance of the Saudi journalist is extremely high. This case is being investigated as carefully as possible," Celik told Turkey's A Haber tv channel.
On Wednesday, the Turkish-Arab Media Association reported that Khashoggi, who writes columns for The Washington Post newspaper, went missing in Turkey. The journalist was last seen entering the Saudi Consulate General. According to the Anadolu news agency, citing the journalist's fiancee, Khashoggi was invited to the Consulate General to obtain documents needed for his upcoming marriage. The journalist's fiancee stayed outside waiting for Khashoggi. Following five hours of waiting, one of the Consulate General's employees told the woman that her fiance had already left.
According to the Saudi Press Agency, citing the Consulate General, the journalist disappeared after he left the diplomatic mission's building.The Saudi Consulate General also stated that it was cooperating with the Turkish authorities to determine the circumstances surrounding the journalist's disappearance.
