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watching members of his security detail violently clash with protestors in Washington on Tuesday.
The Hill confirmed that the video, uploaded to YouTube on Thursday, was shot by a staff member at VOA Turkish, a multimedia Internet and TV service.
In the video, Erdogan emerges from a car in the driveway to watch the incident before heading inside the Turkish ambassador’s residence. His bodyguards are visible from Erdogan's car kicking and punching protesters.
Roughly two dozen protestors had gathered outside of the embassy to protest the Turkish leader’s policies.
Nine people were maimed during the demonstration. The Turkish Embassy said on Wednesday that Erdogan's bodyguards were acting in "self-defense" during the incident and the protesters were affiliated with the terrorist group PKK. A protest leader denied that anyone involved had any ties or sympathies to the PKK.