A/HRC/41/CRP.1 Initial Reactions and the Beginning of Turkey’s Investigative Process VII. 108. According to the Chief Public Prosecutor, the Turkish authorities opened an investigation into the disappearance of Mr. Khashoggi on the evening of 2 October, after Ms. Cengiz called the local police about Mr. Khashoggi’s disappearance. The police then contacted the prosecutor on call who in turn wrote instructions on how to proceed with the case. That same evening, Turkish Intelligence began reviewing what they say were seven hours of raw recordings from the Consulate that they had in their possession. In their own words, the assessment of the raw footage was complex and it took them several days to reach a firm conclusion regarding the fate of Mr. Khashoggi. Their initial assessment of the recordings led them to believe that Mr. Khashoggi had been injected with something, passed out, and taken alive from the Consulate in some box or container.52 109. According to Turkish Intelligence, on 3 October, Consulate staff was prevented to go to the second floor of the Consulate. Around 11:00, the inner part of the Consulate was cleaned. Between 16:00 and 21:00, CCTV cameras recorded a fire in a barrel in the backyard of the Consulate. The Consul General did not leave the residence the whole day. 110. The same day, Saudi Arabia issued a statement to the Associated Press claiming that Mr. Khashoggi had left the Consulate. The statement read, “Mr. Khashoggi visited the consulate to request paperwork related to his marital status and exited shortly thereafter. The government of Saudi Arabia follows up diligently on any reports related to the safety of any of its citizens and will continue to follow up on these reports.” 53 Mr. Ibrahim Kalin, a spokesman to President Erdogan, contradicted the Saudi statement later that evening, “According to the information we have, this person who is a Saudi citizen is still at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. We don't have information to the contrary.”54 111. In an interview with the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Hakan Fidan, the director of Turkish Intelligence, recalled that on 3 October, or possibly the day after, he spoke with “the head of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”55 and asked him to return Mr. Khashoggi. 112. On 4 October, Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Saudi Arabia's Ambassador Waleed Elhereiji to Ankara, over the disappearance of Mr. Khashoggi. 56 The Ambassador denied knowing anything about Mr. Khashoggi's disappearance and promised to inform the Turkish authorities once he obtained further information. The same day, the Saudi Press Agency issued a statement that the Consulate in Istanbul was “carrying out follow-up procedures and coordination with the Turkish local authorities to uncover the circumstances of the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi after he left the consulate building.”57 113. At 09:35 on October 4, the Turkish authorities detected smoke coming from the backyard of the Consulate. At 16:05, Saudi consular staff were observed burning papers in a barrel in the backyard of the Consulate.58 114. At some point on 4 October, Turkish Intelligence finalized its assessment of what transpired in the Consulate, concluding that Mr. Khashoggi had been killed. Mr. Aktai confirmed that the Turkish Authorities knew of Mr. Khashoggi’s death, recalling that he was notified of it by the Office of President Erdogan on 4 October. 59 115. At 09:41 on October 5, unidentified consular staff drove the mission vehicle allegedly used to transport Mr. Khashoggi’s remains to a carwash. 60 The same day, Turkish 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 Interview with Turkish Intelligence. https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-saudi-journalist-20181003-story.html. https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-saudi-journalist-20181003-story.html. According to Al Jazeera, Mr. Fidan spoke to the Crown Prince https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/jamal-khashoggi-body-burned-large-oven-saudi-home190304011823218.html. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-politics-dissident-idUSKCN1ME1DC. https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewstory.php?lang=en&newsid=1822222. CCTV footage. Interview with Yasin Aktai. Information from Turkish Intelligence. 23