The Turkish judiciary has confirmed its decision to suspend the trial in absentia…
of the 26 suspects linked to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi and to transfer it to Saudi Arabia. “We have decided to stop and transfer the case to Saudi Arabia,” the judge said. Immediately after the announcement, Hatice Cengiz, the girlfriend of the journalist murdered in October 2018 inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, announced that she will appeal the transfer. “Here we are not ruled by a family, like in Saudi Arabia. We have a judicial system that responds to citizens’ grievances: as such, we will appeal,” she told reporters as she left the Istanbul court.