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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