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Caught on tape: Turkish Prime Minister filmed ‘PUNCHING a protester’ at Soma disaster site (WATCH)

by Zara Mustapha

AK PARTI GENEL BASKANI VE BASBAKAN RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN

A man in Turkey was filmed being hit the prime minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a protest in Soma over the deaths of more than 280 people in a mine disaster.

In the video footage of the incident, Erdogan was visiting the site of the Soma mine disaster and was seen shoved before raising his hand to strike someone in the crowd.

Local residents who were angered by the deaths of the miners booed and and whistled, while some shouted “Erdogan, resign!”

The prime minister expressed regret for the tragedy – but then commented that “accidents like this happen all over the world,” and reeled off a list of previous mining disasters.

The man whom the prime minister struck, Taner Kuruca, said that the prime minister did not mean to hit him.

“I was not one of the protesters. I came face to face with Prime Minister,” he said. “As his bodyguards started to push, Prime Minister unfortunately did something involuntarily and slapped me while I was walking backwards, because he was angry at the crowd and he couldn’t control himself.”

On the same day his advisor, Yusuf Yerkel, was photographed kicking a protester who was being held down by special forces. The man on the floor had apparently kicked Mr Erdogan’s car as it left Soma, causing Mr Yerkel to fly into a rage.

“I am sorry that I was not able to keep calm despite all the provocations, insults and attacks that I was subjected to,” he said.

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