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The Turks may have simply put their own receiver nearby, especially if they were concerned for his safety beforehand. I'm sure their sigint is more than capable of that.

They do have WiFi and it will connect to any nearby network the phone has previously paired with, but I think you’re onto something more likely.

It’s also possible his body was moved with the watch still on and it connected at that point to some network.

Wasn’t he only visiting though and primarily living in the us working for the Post?