Turkey to Approve Khashoggi Murder Trial’s Move to Saudi Arabia

Turkey to Approve Khashoggi Murder Trial’s Move to Saudi Arabia
People hold posters of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on Oct. 2, 2020. Emrah Gurel/AP Photo
The Associated Press
Updated:

ANKARA, Turkey—Turkey’s justice minister said Friday that the government will recommend that an Istanbul court close a trial in absentia against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and transfer the case to Saudi Arabia.

Bekir Bozdag spoke a day after a Turkish prosecutor requested the transfer, in line with a request from the kingdom.