Turkey is thinking of proposing Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek as head of the IMF instead of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, if the latter leaves his post in connection with the recent scandal, local media reported on Monday, RIA Novosti reports.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a possible candidate for the presidency of France, was arrested in New York on Sunday. He is charged with attempting to rape a hotel maid.
New York police reportedly yanked Strauss-Kahn, 62, from an Air France jet to Paris at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday afternoon, moments before the plane was due to take off.
