Turkey: Hdp Calls For Convincing Statement On Khashoggi

Turkey's opposition People's Democratic Party (HDP) on Monday called for convincing statements on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.



"We expect concrete, credible and convincing statements about how the incident occurred, who has information about it … without losing time," Ayhan Bilgen, HDP's deputy group chairman, told reporters at the parliament.



Bilgen said similar incidents can happen if an active, serious and firm response would not given to Saudi Arabia.



Khashoggi was last seen on Oct. 2 when he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.



On the day of Khashoggi's disappearance, 15 other Saudis, including several officials, arrived in Istanbul on two planes and visited the consulate while he was still inside, according to Turkish police sources. All of the identified individuals have since left Turkey.



A joint Turkish-Saudi team completed an investigation into the case on Thursday after searching the residence of the consul general as well as the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.



After days of denying to know his whereabouts, Saudi Arabia on Saturday claimed Khashoggi died during a fight inside the consulate.



On Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will make a statement on Khashoggi's killing on Tuesday during his party's group meeting at the parliament. -