Turkey decries ‘scandalous’ death sentences over journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder

Turkey has slammed the decision to sentence five people to death for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as "far from meeting the expectations of both our country and the international community.”

A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year by a team of Saudi agents.

But Turkey lashed out on Monday at the “scandalous” verdict, saying those responsible for the murder had been …