RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Saudi Arabia on Thursday for a two-day visit, in an effort to ease tensions between the rival Middle Eastern powers whose relations soured after the 2018 murder of a prominent Saudi journalist in Istanbul.
The trip comes three weeks after a Turkish court halted the trial of Saudi security officials charged with killing and dismembering Jamal Khashoggi, a reversal for Mr. Erdogan. The Turkish president had excoriated the Saudi government for the killing, which he called the work of a “shadow state.” In the wake of Mr. Khashoggi’s killing, the Turkish government orchestrated a series of leaks to the local media that embarrassed and piled pressure on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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