Ragıp SoyluVerified account

Morning updates on #Khashoggi: • Erdogan: Premediated murder. Saudis who ordered it must be brought to justice • CIA Director in Turkey • Saudi Station chief delivered plans for murder: Sabah • Turkish official; “Saudis are do­ing a great job at ru­in­ing them­selves.”: WSJ

I think people didn’t understand what Erdogan was trying to do with this speech. He doesn’t back down at all. No deal with Saudis. He is playing his cards smart. Don’t be surprised if the leaks continue. This issue will be around for some time

The reported/still unconfirmed evidence on #Khashoggi; • Audio tape • Intercepted calls, WhatsApp calls, Skype call • Intercepted/obtained live broadcast from the consulate to Riyadh (possible done by Skype, or WhatsApp or something else?) • Body parts delivered

• Station Chief In Istanbul Ahmed Abdullah Almuzaini’s cover was shown as “Attaché” at the Saudi Consulate since September 2015

• Saudi Station Chief Almuzaini, delivers the assassination order to Istanbul Consul General on October 1 • Leaves Istanbul once again several hours after #Khashoggi murder en route to Riyadh on October 2 • He is detached from the Saudi Hit Squad.

Quick take on Erdogan’s speech on #Khashoggi: • Formalised the most of the leaks • Targeted Crown Prince MbS without naming him, and separated King Salman from him • Implied that there are other regional actors involved, UAE? • Wants international support, investigation

BREAKING — Erdogan tells Saudi King to send 15 members of Saudi Hit Squad to stand trial in Istanbul. Erdogan also says “since this is a political murder. Everyone, including the accomplices in foreign territories must be held accountable” #Khashoggi

BREAKING — Erdogan says #Khashoggi investigation cannot be buried by just blaming low level intel agents. “Everyone involved in this murder, from juniors to seniors, from bottom to the top must be brought to justice” Calls for an independent investigation

Erdogan asks questions on #Khashoggi: • Why opened up the Consulate days after the incident? • Why all these inconsistent statements? • Where is the body? • Who is, where is this local collaborator who took the body? Noone should expect we will bury it without answers

Erdogan: “Covering up this kind of violent murder would violate the humanity’s conscience” “Important that Saudis acknowledged the murder. We have strong signs that this was premeditated murder, not a spontaneous incident” #Khashoggi

Erdoğan; “ We know very well who conducted these smear campaigns and character assassinations over social and traditional media during #Khashoggi investigation” He means MbS aide Al Qahtani?

Important to note that Erdogan addresses King Salman repeatedly as “custodian of the two holy mosques” and “his majesty” Erdogan says Consul General was sacked following his criticism of his disregard and imcompetent handling of the situation

Erdoğan: • One day before the murder, a Saudi team explores Istanbul Belgrad Forest and coastal city Yalova. • We couldn’t immediately search the Consulate because of the Vienna Convention.

Two things Erdogan said we didn’t know: • Before #Khashoggi’s visit, a diplomat at the Consulate left Turkey and travelled to Saudi Arabia. (Sabah reported today that it was Abdullah Almuzaini, Saudi Station Chief in Istanbul) • They removed the security system hard disk

ABD’de pek çok ünlü gazeteci Erdoğan’ın konuşmasını dinlemek için gecenin 4’ünden beri ayakta

Police continues its investigation to find #Khashoggi’s body. Today, they raided a three floored villa in coastal city of Yalova, which is reportedly belonging to a member of Saudi Hit Squad. Not clear if they found something

Do we know why Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is silent about the murder of one his employees, #Khashoggi, by Saudis?