Yusuf Yerkel

Popular Turkish actor Barış Atay was briefly detained on June 15 in the town of Dalyan in the Aegean province of Muğla, as part of an ongoing case over charges of insulting a former adviser to the prime minister, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Popular Turkish website Ek?i Sözlük (Sour Dictionary), a whimsical, user-run online encyclopedia, has deleted entries on the Turkish prime minister's aide who made headlines after kicking a mourner in the mine disaster-struck town of Soma, upon a court order. 

The trial into Turkey's deadliest mining disaster was postponed by one day on June 15, with the court ruling that there is a conflict of interests between the suspects and they should be represented by different lawyers.

A Turkish miner who was photographed being kicked by then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s adviser during a demonstration in disaster-struck Soma last year has been fined for kicking a car in the convoy.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s advisor who sparked outrage after kicking a mourner in the mine disaster-struck Soma town on May 14 dodged the last way of disciplinary measures due to a statute of limitation.

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ was rendered speechless on June 6, after facing a question comparing an earlier attack against him with a recent attack on a protester by a prime ministerial aide.

The prime minister’s advisor Yusuf Yerkel, who sparked outrage after kicking a mourner in Soma following the mining disaster, still retains his position, Turkish media reported May 28, contradicting previous reports that he was removed following his act.