ANKARA: The de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia will go to Turkey for the first time since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the country’s Istanbul consulate in 2018 on Wednesday, taking a further step toward ending his worldwide isolation.
One month prior to US president Joe Biden’s trip to Riyadh for a regional summit on the energy crisis brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are meeting in Ankara.