Protester throws shoe at I.M.F. director

Selcuk Ozbek, student at Anadolu University, shouted, “Get out of the university, I.M.F. thief,” as he threw the shoe at director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Later televised images showed Ozbek being quickly tackled by security officials. Ozbek was freed by the police later in the evening, as there were no official complaints filed by Mr. Strauss-Kahn.

“I think this is how the global capital should be welcomed wherever it goes,” Ozbek told to NTV on a live broadcast. “The anti-imperialist youth of any country responsible of their future should act this way.” The young man said that his shoe was soon returned to him following his protest.