Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is visiting Turkey this week on a controversial mission aimed at putting to rest the legacy of a murder that strained relations between the two countries for years. The diplomatic visit to Ankara today comes almost four years after the crown prince's enforcers lured dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi to the Saudi diplomatic facility in Istanbul, where he was abducted, murdered and dismembered.
The killing of the Washington Post columnist sparked a global uproar, and raised questions about the embracing of the Saudi monarchical dictatorship by the international community. The crown prince became a pariah, shunned by international players including leading figures in the United States.
Turkey, which was at the time involved in several disputes with Riyadh, turned up the heat, issuing denunciations of the murder along with selective leaks aimed at keeping the story in the news, putting pressure on the prince. But that was then.
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