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Erdogan vows to uncover truth behind murdered journalist Khashoggi
Writing in the corporate newspaper Washington Post, the autocratic ruler failed to mention his own government has locked up more journalists than anywhere else in the world
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, participates in a ceremony to launch a new warship, in Istanbul

THE Washington Post carried an article by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday in which the autocratic ruler vowed uncover the truth behind the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Mr Erdogan writes: “That, one year on, the international community still knows very little about what happened [to Mr Khashoggi] is a serious source of concern. Whether all aspects of the Saudi journalist’s death will ever come to light will determine what kind of world our children will live in.”

Since the Washington Post journalist was brutally hacked to death inside the Saudi embassy in Istanbul a year ago tomorrow, Mr Erdogan claims his administration has “adopted a policy of transparency.”

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