Saudi Arabia has sold its consulate building in Istanbul where journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in October last year, Turkish media reported on Tuesday.
The news agency "Middle East Eye" television "news Turk" Turkish consulate building, which is located in the "Levent" was sold to an unknown buyer about 45 days for a third of its value, where the consulate will move to the Sariyer district in Istanbul, next to the building US Consulate.
Lawyers said the building was still the scene of Khashoggi's murder, and if the Saudis left, the Istanbul prosecutor's office could close the building for a while to gather detailed evidence of the crime.
The channel revealed that the Saudis are also trying to sell the official headquarters of the Consul General, which is located near the consulate, but they have not been able to find any buyer so far.
Saudi Arabia has not had a consul general in Istanbul since last October, but it does offer visa services to those wishing to visit Saudi Arabia.
The unveiling of the move coincides with the first anniversary of the assassination of Khashoggi, by a Saudi team inside his country's consulate in Istanbul, in a crime that has aroused worldwide anger and criticism of the Kingdom's policies, especially Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.