New Photos Show Turkish Government Official Kicking Man at Mine Protest
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In this photo taken Wednesday, May 14, 2014 a person identified by Turkish media as Yusuf Yerkel, advisor to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, kicks a protester already held by special forces police members during Erdogan's visiting Soma, Turkey.Image: Depo Photos/Associated Press
2014-05-15 14:56:36 UTC
An aide to Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed it's him in photos that show a man kicking a protester at the site of the Turkish mine disaster in Soma.
Yusuf Yerkel is expected to issue a statement on Thursday, BBC Turk reports, after photos of a man wearing a grey suit was caught kicking a fallen protester.
The Associated Press has three new photos that show the incident.
In this photo taken Wednesday, May 14, 2014 a person identified by Turkish media as Yusuf Yerkel, advisor to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, kicks a protester already held by special forces police members during Erdogan's visiting Soma, Turkey. Erdogan was visiting the western Turkish mining town of Soma after Turkey's worst mining accident .
Image: Depo Photos/Associated Press
A person identified by Turkish media as Yusuf Yerkel, advisor to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, kicks a protester already held by special forces police members during Erdogan's visiting Soma, Turkey on May 14, 2014.
Image: Depo Photos/Associated Press
A person identified by Turkish media as Yusuf Yerkel, advisor to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, kicks a protester already held by special forces police members during Erdogan's visiting Soma, Turkey on May 14, 2014.
Image: Depo Photos/Associated Press
In them, Yerkel can be seen staring at the man on the ground with his leg poised in what seems to be a kicking motion.
Yerkel has yet to confirm he was indeed kicking the man — although the evidence appears to be damning.
Nearly 300 are dead in the mine collapse — a death toll that's expected to rise — and Turks across the country are protesting the government for negligence over its mining industry
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