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[[File:Protest after murder of Jamal Khashoggi.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.35|Protest in front of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul following the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.]]
 
For 18 days, Saudi Arabian officials denied Khashoggi had died in the consulate, before indicating a team of Saudi agents had overstepped their orders to capture him when a struggle ensued leading to his death.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fraser |first1=Suzan |last2=Deeb |first2=Sarah El |last3=Press |first3=Jon Gambrell Associated |last4=October 19 |first4=Updated |title=For 1st time, Saudis say Jamal Khashoggi killed in consulate |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2018/10/19/saudi-state-run-news-agency-quotes-prosecutors-saying-that-jamal-khashoggi-was-killed-saudi-consulate-fight/YUMIdTDF7KIac1zBlADi3O/story.html |work=The Boston Globe |access-date=9 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709080032/https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2018/10/19/saudi-state-run-news-agency-quotes-prosecutors-saying-that-jamal-khashoggi-was-killed-saudi-consulate-fight/YUMIdTDF7KIac1zBlADi3O/story.html |archive-date=9 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Turkey's president, [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], said he believes the killing was premeditated and approved by the Saudi government, and sought extradition of the suspects.<ref name="CNNErdogan_body">{{cite news |last1=Kirac |first1=Nimet |last2=Smith-Spark |first2=Laura |date=26 October 2018 |title=Erdogan demands Saudi Arabia reveal the location of Jamal Khashoggi's body |publisher=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/26/middleeast/saudi-turkey-khashoggi-investigation-intl/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026213849/https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/26/middleeast/saudi-turkey-khashoggi-investigation-intl/index.html |archive-date=26 October 2018}}</ref> The United States' president, [[Donald Trump]], expressed support for the Saudi government, reserving judgment about culpability.<ref name="wintour"/> This created a bipartisan uproar in [[United States Congress|Congress]], and 22 senators petitioned Trump to consider investigating whether Saudi Arabia should be sanctioned for human rights violations.<ref>{{cite news |last=Riotta |first=Chris |date=10 October 2018 |title=Jamal Khashoggi disappearance: 'Hell to pay' for Saudi Arabia if journalist was murdered, Lindsey Graham says |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jamal-khashoggi-missing-saudi-arabia-turkey-istanbul-consulate-dismembered-lindsey-graham-us-a8578266.html |url-status=live |access-date=22 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012043114/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jamal-khashoggi-missing-saudi-arabia-turkey-istanbul-consulate-dismembered-lindsey-graham-us-a8578266.html |archive-date=12 October 2018}}</ref> Several countries called for a transparent investigation and condemned the killing. Allied Arab countries characterized the aftermath as a media campaign against Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saudi Arabia's Arab Allies Come To Its Defense In The Khashoggi Murder Affair |url=https://www.memri.org/reports/saudi-arabias-arab-allies-come-its-defense-khashoggi-murder-affair |publisher=[[MEMRI]] |date=24 October 2018 |language=en |access-date=9 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709080042/https://www.memri.org/reports/saudi-arabias-arab-allies-come-its-defense-khashoggi-murder-affair |archive-date=9 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>