Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Saudi Arabia's chief prosecutor, who visited on Tuesday the consulate in Istanbul where Jamal Khashoggi was murdered, to investigate who ordered the hit on the journalist. Khashoggi's death has brought near unprecedented international scrutiny on Saudi Arabia and its powerful Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, and the journalist's fiancee has accused the regime of a massive cover-up.

Erdogan, who says a 15-person team travelled from Riyadh to Istanbul to kill Khashoggi, has pressed Saudi authorities to reveal the truth -- including the location of the Washington Post contributor's missing body. "Who sent these 15 people? As Saudi public prosecutor, you have to ask that question, so you can reveal it," Erdogan told reporters in Ankara on Tuesday, shortly after the head of the Saudi investigation entered the kingdom's consulate. "Now we have to solve this case. No need to prevaricate, it makes no sense to try to save certain people," said Erdogan, who has stopped short of directly blaming the Saudi government. Saudi Arabia is seeking to draw a line under the crisis after offering a series of differing narratives following the journalist's disappearance.