Saudi Arabia's consul to Istanbul on Tuesday left the Turkish city bound for Riyadh on a scheduled flight, reports said, as Turkey prepared to search his residence in the probe into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashogghi.
c took off for Riyadh on a 1400 GMT flight from Istanbul, the Haber-Turk newspaper reported on its website.
The state-run Anadolu news agency also reported he had left Turkey.
The website of Ataturk International Airport showed a flight of flag-carrier Saudia took off for Riyadh at 1400 GMT.
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