“To avoid further problems, Turkey has been trying hard not to further strain ties with Saudi Arabia,” Tol said. Turkish officials fear a Saudi team of 15 men killed and dismembered the writer at the consulate. Saudi Arabia and its close ally, the United Arab Emirates, similarly declared the Brotherhood a terrorist group and arrested its members. Over the last 15 years, money from the Persian Gulf has accounted for some 9 per cent of total foreign direct investments in Turkey, with Saudi Arabia believed to be a majority part of that. A joint Saudi-Turkish investigative team has begun exploring Khashoggi’s disappearance this weekend, which marks the writer’s 60th birthday.

Source: National Post October 13, 2018 14:53 UTC