During Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Arakli province (Trabzon) a citizen punched Erdogan in his stomach, Turkish Hurriyet daily reports. Prime Minister was to deliver a speech when one of the citizens came up to him and punched him in his stomach. The Turkish Premier screamed with pain. Erdogan’s body guards immediately rendered the assaulter, Turan Demir, harmless. The latter explained he just wanted to embrace Erdogan and hit him accidentally.