IMF official ducks eggs during student protest in Turkey - VIDEO

The International Monetary Fund's senior representative to Turkey is pelted with eggs during a university lecture.

Mark Lewis was delivering a keynote speech to economics students at Uludağ University in the north west of Turkey when he was suddenly interrupted by a demonstration.

One student shouted "IMF get out" as another hurled an egg, which Mr Lewis just managed to avoid.

Showing quick reflexes, the terrified speaker briefly bobbed his head above his lectern before being forced to take evasive action for a second time.

Security guards intervened before further projectiles could be launched. Meanwhile another group of students unfurled anti-IMF banners.

Turkey has a history of enmity with the International Monetary Fund. During a wave of protests against the financial organisation dealings in the country in 2009, one bold demonstrator threw a shoe at then IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.


/The Telegraph/

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