Turkish foreign minister calls recording of Khashoggi murder 'disgusting'

Turkey's foreign minister says he has listened to a "disgusting" tape that allegedly captures the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul.

Mevlut Cavusoglu told German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Tuesday, "I listened to it. He was killed within seven minutes. It was a deliberate murder."

Cavusoglu said he could hear the forensic doctor instructing others to listen to music while he cuts up the body.

"One notices that he's enjoying it ... he likes to cut up people. It is disgusting," he said.

Turkey says Khashoggi, who wrote for The Washington Post, was killed last month by a 15-member assassination squad sent from Riyadh.

Ankara insists orders for the killing came from the highest levels of the Saudi government, but not King Salman.

Khashoggi's body has not been found although police have searched the consulate, the consul general's residence and a forest in Istanbul.

There have been reports that Khashoggi's body was cut up and dissolved in acid.

Earlier this month, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) concluded last week that the crown prince was behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, US media reported.