Turkish FM, US Secretary of State talk over phone

By Tevfik Durul

ANKARA

Turkish Foreign Minister has spoken with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the phone, according to a Turkish diplomatic source on Friday.

No details were given about Mevlut Cavusoglu and Mike Pompeo's phone call, the source said.

Pompeo traveled to Turkish capital Ankara on Oct. 17 to discuss the possible murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

Khashoggi has been missing since Oct. 2 when he was last seen entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.

After days of denying any knowledge of his whereabouts, Saudi officials last week admitted that Khashoggi had died inside the consulate building.