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Erdoğan’s former advisor who kicked a miner in Soma comes into office in Frankfurt

Erdoğan’s former advisor who kicked a miner in Soma comes into office in Frankfurt

Yusuf Yerkel has been appointed as a commercial attache to Turkey’s Consulate General in Frankfurt amid public backlash for having kicked a miner during the protests following the occupational homicide that claimed the lives of 301 miners in Soma.

'Persona non grata’: Appointment of Yusuf Yerkel protested in Frankfurt

'Persona non grata’: Appointment of Yusuf Yerkel protested in Frankfurt

Gathering across Turkey’s Consulate General, rights advocates from Turkey and Germany protested the appointment of Yusuf Yerkel, who faces a huge public backlash for kicking a miner in Soma in 2014, as a commercial attache to Frankfurt.

17 February 2022

'Stop the appointment which kicks the miner'

PETITION BY DiEM25 TURKEY

'Stop the appointment which kicks the miner'

Causing an outrage for kicking a miner in Manisa’s Soma, Yusuf Yerkel, the then assistant secretary of the then PM Erdoğan, has been appointed as a commercial attache to Frankfurt. An online petition has been launched to stop this appointment.

11 February 2022

PM's Aide Kicks Senior Miner, Journalist Reveals

PM's Aide Kicks Senior Miner, Journalist Reveals

New information revealed that the police raided the apartment of Erdal Kocabıyık, a senior minor who was kicked by PM Erdogan’s Aide Yusuf Yerkel in Soma district on May 14.