Turkish President Erdogan's Washington Post Op-ed on Jamal Khashoggi killing; Grateful to Turkish president for this support for freedom of speech
Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Saudi Arabia still has many questions to answer about Jamal Khashoggi’s killing, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/11/02/recep-tayyip-erdogan-saudi-arabia-still-has-many-questions-to-answer-about-jamal-khashoggis-killing/, 2nd Nov. 2018
President Erdogan writes:
The story is all too familiar: Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and a family man, entered Saudi Arabia’s Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 for marriage formalities. No one – not even his fiancee, who was waiting outside the compound — has ever seen him again.
Over the course of the past month, Turkey has moved heaven and earth to shed light on all aspects of this case. As a result of our efforts, the world has learned that Khashoggi was killed in cold blood by a death squad, and it has been established that his murder was premeditated.
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No one should dare to commit such acts on the soil of a NATO ally again. If anyone chooses to ignore that warning, they will face severe consequences. The Khashoggi murder was a clear violation and a blatant abuse of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Failure to punish the perpetrators could set a very dangerous precedent.
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Ravi: As a social media writer for over 5 years now, who is based in democratic India with the precious democratic value of freedom of speech, I am happy to see the president of Turkey do so much to try to get to the bottom of the horrendous and tragic killing of Washington Post columnist and dissident Saudi writer, Jamal Khashoggi. I thank Turkish President Erdogan for this support for freedom of speech.
[I thank washingtonpost.com and have presumed that they will not have any objections to me sharing the above extracts from their website on this post which is freely viewable by all, and does not have any financial profit motive whatsoever. Please note that this post deals with protection of the vital democratic value of freedom of speech.]
President Erdogan writes:
The story is all too familiar: Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and a family man, entered Saudi Arabia’s Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 for marriage formalities. No one – not even his fiancee, who was waiting outside the compound — has ever seen him again.
Over the course of the past month, Turkey has moved heaven and earth to shed light on all aspects of this case. As a result of our efforts, the world has learned that Khashoggi was killed in cold blood by a death squad, and it has been established that his murder was premeditated.
...
No one should dare to commit such acts on the soil of a NATO ally again. If anyone chooses to ignore that warning, they will face severe consequences. The Khashoggi murder was a clear violation and a blatant abuse of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Failure to punish the perpetrators could set a very dangerous precedent.
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Ravi: As a social media writer for over 5 years now, who is based in democratic India with the precious democratic value of freedom of speech, I am happy to see the president of Turkey do so much to try to get to the bottom of the horrendous and tragic killing of Washington Post columnist and dissident Saudi writer, Jamal Khashoggi. I thank Turkish President Erdogan for this support for freedom of speech.
[I thank washingtonpost.com and have presumed that they will not have any objections to me sharing the above extracts from their website on this post which is freely viewable by all, and does not have any financial profit motive whatsoever. Please note that this post deals with protection of the vital democratic value of freedom of speech.]
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