Turkish media and press: The identification of 15 Saudis identities came to Istanbul and are linked to the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 08: Posters of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi are seen stuck to a police barricade in front of Saudi Arabia's consulate on October 8, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. Fears are growing over the fate of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi after Turkish officials said they believe he was murdered inside the Saudi consulate. Saudi consulate officials have said that missing writer and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi went missing after leaving the consulate, however the statement directly contradicts other sources including Turkish officials. Jamal Khashoggi a Saudi writer critical of the Kingdom and a contributor to the Washington Post was living in self-imposed exile in the U.S. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Several Turkish news agencies and newspapers published information, pictures and names of 15 Saudis who arrived to Istanbul on the day of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and left Turkey on the same day via private plane.
A detailed information about the 15 persons “suspected of being linked to Khashoggi’s disappearance at the Saudi consulate mystery on the afternoon of October 2 was published “.
The names of 15 Saudi nationals and their birthdays were published.
They arrived at Ataturk airport on October 2.
According to photographs published in the passport control, 12 of them arrived early on the morning of October 2, Tuesday.
All 15 officials left the country on four different dates, according to Turkish media.
The CNN-Turk network announced on Tuesday the identities of seven suspects in the disappearance of Khashoggi, after they being photographed by 150 surveillance cameras distributed in the vicinity of the consulate.
According to Turkish press sources, the 15 Saudis arrived in Turkey aboard the HZ SK1 and HZ SK2 flights.
According to media sources in Turkey and a well-informed Saudi, one of the people whose name and image was published was Dr. Salah Mohammed Al Tabaiqi, Director of Forensic Medicine at the General Directorate of Criminal Evidence in Public Security.
The sources also revealed details of other names mentioned, namely Nayef Al Arifi, an officer, and Thaer Ghaleb Al Harbi, a lieutenant who was promoted by order of Mohammed bin Salman last year.
Among the names are Walid Abdullah Al Shihri, an air force officer, air force lieutenant Mishal Saad Al Bustani, and Mansour Othman Aba Hussein, also an officer.
The Anadolu news agency reported on Sunday that the people who entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul while Jamal Khashoggi was inside were Saudi police personnel.
According to unnamed sources, these persons were Saudi police and were sent in Earlier, they came to the consulate building by luxury cars, while Turkish security sources said on the same day that the officials who were among the 15 figures, later returned as he mentioned to Saudi Arabia later.
The Full names:
- Salah Mohammed Al Tabaiqi
- Nayef Hasan Al Arifi
- Thaer Ghaleb Al Harbi
- Walid Abdullah Al Shihri
- Mishal Saad Al Bustani
- Mansour Othman Aba Hussein
- Bader Lafi Al Otaibi
- Khaled Ayed Al Tibi
- Fahad Shabib Al Balawi
- Mustafa Mohammed Al Madani
- Mohammed Saad Al Zahrani
- Saif Saad Al Qahtani
- Maher Abdul Aziz Murtab
- Turky Musharraf Al Shahri
- Abdul Aziz Mohammed Al Hasawi
According to the Anadolu news agency correspondent, the media gathered around the Saudi consulate in Istanbul saw three men, one of them carrying a bag of equipment entering the consulate from its back door on Tuesday evening at 21:30 local time (18:30 GMT), according to two journalists were in front of the consulate to follow up the developments of the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Anadolu news agency correspondent noted that the men, who had been received by a consular official, had stayed inside for almost an hour then they left.
