Turkish nationalist party head says net closing around Saudi crown prince


  • World
  • Tuesday, 20 Nov 2018

FILE PHOTO: Devlet Bahceli, leader of Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), addresses supporters during an election rally in Ankara, June 23, 2018. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov/File Photo

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The leader of Turkey's nationalist party compared Saudi leaders to Osama bin Laden on Tuesday and said the net was closing around Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the murder last month of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The comments by MHP leader Devlet Bahceli, a parliamentary ally of President Tayyip Erdogan, amounted to the fiercest Turkish criticism of the Saudi monarchy since Khashoggi was killed on Oct. 2 by Saudi agents at the kingdom's Istanbul consulate.

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