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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Reports: PM aide who kicked miner not sacked

Reports: PM aide who kicked miner not sacked

An advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Yusuf Yerkel, who incurred an avalanche of criticism and public anger after he kicked a miner in Soma during Erdoğan's visit to the grieving town on May 15, following a disaster that claimed 301 lives at a Soma coal mine, allegedly has retained his position at the Prime Ministry despite earlier reports that the government sacked him to ease public outrage.

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