Turkey's Erdogan says to speak on Khashoggi case on Tuesday

ISTANBUL, Oct 21 - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he would make all the necessary statements about the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a meeting with members of his ruling AK Party in parliament on Tuesday.

"I will make my statement about this issue on Tuesday at the party group meeting," Erdogan said in a speech in Istanbul on Sunday, a day after Saudi Arabia said for the first time that Khashoggi had been killed at its consulate in Istanbul on Oct.2.

Reuters