The fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said he did not explicitily tell her to call anyone in case of trouble ahead of his second visit to the Istanbul consulate on Oct. 2, but he had previously told her to contact Yasin Aktay, an adviser of Turkey's president, if he faced problems in Turkey.
The Turkish fiancee of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Friday called for all those responsible for his murder to be brought to justice.
"I demand that all those involved in this savagery from the highest to the lowest levels are punished and brought to justice," Hatice Cengiz told the Haber Turk television station.
Cengiz said that she did not accept U.S. President Donald Trump's invitation to visit the White House because she thought it was aimed at influencing public opinion in his favour.
In an interview to Haberturk TV, Cengiz also added that she would not go to the White House until the United States was sincere in its efforts to solve Khashoggi's killing.
"He used to travel a lot to Istanbul. He loved Turkey very much. He was friends with the president," said Hatice Cengiz, a Turkish national.
She said Khashoggi had not expected Saudi authorities to arrest or interrogate him when he first visited the consulate in Istanbul on September 28, but had been worried that "tensions would arise."
"He [Jamal Khashoggi] did not want to go there at the beginning - he was worried he could even be forced to go back to Saudi Arabia," The Turkish fiancee said during an emotional interview lasting more than one hour.
Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has not been seen since he walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2.
After weeks of denying knowledge of foul play, the Saudis acknowledged on October 20 that Khashoggi died in the consulate, and the kingdom's chief prosecutor said Thursday the murder had been premeditated.
Cengiz recalled that Khashoggi had been very calm when he entered the consulate for the second time on October 2. She nevertheless insisted on accompanying him and waiting outside.
"When I realized something bad was going on, I started shaking. I was incredibly scared. I felt too weak to walk. I'll never forget that fear," she said.
Cengiz described her slain partner as "an objective, balanced and fair journalist," but added that he "was also both very lonely and very sad" because he missed his family and friends in Saudi Arabia.
Turkish media have been publishing details of alleged audio and video recordings of the murder, claiming that Khashoggi was tortured and killed by a "hit squad" that arrived from Saudi Arabia.
