Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Turkey on Wednesday, hoping to normalize relations strained after the 2018 murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate. The talks in Ankara with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan come amid efforts by the oil-rich kingdom’s de facto ruler to repair his image and Erdoğan’s search for financial and diplomatic gains to help mend an ailing economy ahead of next year’s elections. Erdoğan received the crown prince in an official ceremony at the presidential palace. The visit by the crown prince comes we…