Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday the surveillance system at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul was deactivated on purpose ahead of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the building.
In a speech in Ankara to ruling party lawmakers, Erdogan also called for an independent commission to be set up into the murder but added he was confident of the full cooperation of Saudi King Salman.
“First they (the Saudis implicated) remove the hard disc from the camera system,” Erdogan said. “This is a political murder,” he added.
