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<\/a>Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman or MBS<\/p><\/div>\n
Erdo\u011fan\u2019s latest intervention came as the New York Times reported<\/a><\/strong><\/span> that a member of the Saudi hit team dispatched to Istanbul to kill Khashoggi told one of his superiors by phone to \u201ctell your boss\u201d the operation was accomplished, an apparent reference to Prince Mohammed and a Turkish <\/a>newspaper published<\/a><\/strong><\/span> x-ray images of the team\u2019s luggage, which included defibrillators and syringes.<\/span><\/p>\n The audio recordings shocked a Saudi intelligence official, Erdo\u011fan told reporters on his return to Ankara on Monday night from first world war commemorations in France, where he said the killing was discussed with his US, French and German counterparts.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe played the recordings regarding this murder to everyone who wanted them from us. Our intelligence organisation did not hide anything. We played them to all who wanted them including the Saudis, the USA, France, Canada, Germany, Britain,\u201d he said. \u201cThe recordings are really appalling. Indeed, when the Saudi intelligence officer listened to the recordings he was so shocked he said: \u2018This one must have taken heroin, only someone who takes heroin would do this\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Erdo\u011fan said Turkey<\/a> was \u201cwaiting patiently\u201d for Prince Mohammed, Saudi Arabia\u2019s de facto leader, to shed more light on the circumstances surrounding Khashoggi\u2019s death.<\/span><\/p>\n The respected Washington Post columnist and critic of Prince Mohammed was killed by a team of men who flew from Riyadh to ambush him during a marriage paperwork appointment at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last month. His body, which investigators believe was cut up and dissolved in acid at the nearby consul general\u2019s house, has not been found.<\/span><\/p>\n Turkey has maintained that the hit was ordered at the highest levels of the Saudi government, steadily leaking gruesome details from the criminal investigation which undermine the Saudi version of events.<\/span><\/p>\n It was clear the House of Saud was involved in Khashoggi\u2019s killing, Erdo\u011fan reiterated in comments to the tabloid Yeni \u015eafak<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>on Tuesday, but he did not think King Salman, for whom he had \u201climitless respect\u201d, could be behind such a crime.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt must be revealed who gave them [the Saudi team] the order to murder,\u201d Erdo\u011fan said.<\/span><\/p>\n After two weeks of denying it had anything to do with Khashoggi\u2019s disappearance, the kingdom said he had died in a fight<\/a>, before changing its story again to say the Turkish investigation\u2019s findings indicated his killing was premeditated<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n Khashoggi\u2019s death has created the biggest diplomatic crisis for Riyadh since 9\/11, reigniting a debate about arms sales to the country, its human rights record and the war in Yemen \u2013 but little concrete action has been taken by western powers so far.<\/span><\/p>\n The UK foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, travelled to Riyadh<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>and Abu Dhabi on Monday for talks concerning both the Khashoggi investigation and the violence in Hodeidah<\/a>, a key port city in Yemen.<\/span><\/p>\n Ankara\u2019s most damning evidence has come from audio recordings from the consulate which it is believed were obtained by Turkish intelligence officers who hacked the Saudi hit team\u2019s communications.<\/span><\/p>\n On Monday, the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, became the first western leader<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to confirm the tapes\u2019 existence, telling reporters in Paris that Canadian officials had listened to them.<\/span><\/p>\n The New York Times, quoting sources familiar with the recording, reported that the hit team\u2019s leader, Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb \u2013 a security officer who frequently travelled with Prince Mohammed \u2013 picked up a phone at the consulate to say \u201ctell your boss\u201d the operation had been successful. The paper said Turkish intelligence officers had told US officials they believed Mutreb was speaking to one of the prince\u2019s aides, and that US intelligence officials believed \u201cyour boss\u201d was a reference to Mohammed.<\/span><\/p>\n On Tuesday, the Turkish pro-government newspaper Sabah<\/a><\/strong><\/span> published photos of what it said were x-rays of the Saudi team\u2019s luggage when they left Istanbul via Atat\u00fcrk airport. They showed syringes, electric shock devices, large scissors, staple guns, walkie-talkies and a signal jammer. The bags were not searched because the men were travelling under diplomatic immunity.<\/span><\/p>\n