Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he will discuss an ongoing investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi with members of the cabinet at a meeting on Monday.
Khashoggi went missing on Oct. 2 when he entered the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul. After weeks of denying knowledge of his fate, Saudi officials said the prominent journalist was killed in a "rogue operation".
Erdoğan said the number of women mayors in his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party are "not enough" and that it should increase.
Speaking at a training program of AK Party women’s branch at the party's headquarters in Ankara, Erdoğan said the number of women mayors should reflect the proportion of women in the population.
"AK Party has eight women mayors. We do not see this as adequate. Our desire is to reflect a proportional picture according to the population," Erdoğan stressed.
Erdoğan said the full reflection of the results of June 24 general elections in Turkey will be related to the success of the upcoming 2019 local elections.
The local elections are set to be held on March 31, 2019.
