ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says an aide to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who was photographed kicking a protester during a visit to town hit by a coal mine disaster has been dismissed from his post as deputy chief of staff.

A video and photographs showing Yusuf Yerkel kicking a protester held on the ground by two police officers sparked outrage and tarnished the Turkish leader’s image ahead of his expected run for president.