ISTANBUL — 2018 · Murder
Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Consulate General in Levent, Istanbul, on 2 October 2018 to collect a document needed for his marriage and never came out. Turkish authorities said a 15-member team from Saudi Arabia had killed him inside the consulate; Saudi Arabia first denied the allegations and then acknowledged his death. His remains were never found. In the Saudi trial, eight people were sentenced to between 7 and 20 years in prison in September 2020. The in-absentia trial that began in Istanbul in 2020 was transferred to Saudi Arabia in April 2022. The killing caused a major international diplomatic crisis.
- Date
- 2018
- Place
- Beşiktaş (Levent), Istanbul
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Closed
- Coordinates
- 41.0861, 29.0122 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 2 October 2018Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Levent and was never seen again.
- October 2018Saudi Arabia acknowledged that he had died in the consulate.
- July 2020The in-absentia trial of 20 defendants began in Istanbul.
- 7 September 2020A Saudi court sentenced eight defendants to 7–20 years in prison.
- 7 April 2022The Istanbul case was transferred to Saudi Arabia.
Sources
- Vikipedi — Cemal Kaşıkçı suikastı tr.wikipedia.org ↗
- Wikipedia — Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi en.wikipedia.org ↗
- Wikipedia (TR)
- Wikipedia (EN)
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