Turkish president’s press crackdown makes his words about Saudi journalist’s death ring hollow, say critics
The death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul has shocked the world both for its reported brutality and the continued lack of answers, as Ankara, Riyadh and Washington struggle to leverage the diplomatic fallout.
For many Turkish journalists, the seismic impact of the dissident writer’s killing is reflected by how the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – the globe’s most prolific jailer of journalists – has been able to paint himself as a crusader for truth and justice in the face of Saudi Arabia’s inability to come up with a clear explanation.
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