The student who threw his shoe at the head of the International Monetary Fund, Selcuk Ozbek is also a member of the BirGun newspaper.

In a column writing the newspaper had these interesting phrases to say.

Read all about it!!!!!! Read all about it!!!!!!
All the news papers are writing about the incident where a shoe was hurled at the head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn during his speech.
And we are also writing about this incident! The man who hurled his shoe at the head of the IMF, Selcuk Ozbek is also, one of BirGün newspapers politics Editors.
We are making the news.
For the good of our people we became the news and we are making it the news.
Kahn said ‘I am not used to shoes getting thrown at me’
You will be…
Here is a journalist who is following in the footsteps of his Iraqian colleague…
Here is journalism taking sides, radical journalism, journalism against exploitation and journalism backing independence.
BirGün is the newspaper of those against the IMF and those who throw their shows at IMF who exploit the wellness of our people.
We are proud
We are proud of Selçuk, one of our own BirGün Journalist.
And we are in the news because we are proud.

BirGun is a left wing newspaper with most of its columnists being members/sympathisans of socialist parties