Many European countries are turning a blind eye to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Sunday
at a special session of the 18th Doha Forum in Qatar.
Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and columnist for The Washington Post, went missing after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in early October.
After initially saying he had left the consulate alive, Saudi Arabia admitted weeks later that he was killed there, blaming his death on a group of rogue Saudi operatives.
Çavuşoğlu also revealed that U.S. President Donald Trump told President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that Washington is working on extraditing FETÖ ringleader Fetullah Gülen, among other people.
"In Argentina, Trump told Erdogan they were working on extraditing Gulen and other people," Cavusoglu said at conference in Doha, referring to the G20 summit in Argentina from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1.
FETÖ and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.
FETÖ is behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.
“If it is democratic and credible one then everybody should consider that [working with Assad],” Çavuşoglu said.
“It has to be very credible, transparent, democratic and fair elections. At the end, Syrian people should decide who is going to rule the country after the elections,” Cavusoglu added.
He further said that constitution for Syria should be drafted by the people of their own country.
