Ano Turtiainen

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In 2021, Turtiainen expanded his parliamentary group into a full political party, called "Power Belongs to the People". According to the party, the required 5,000 voter signatures were collected in a one day. [18]

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Turtiainen caused public controversy with statements supporting Russia. The controversy caused 6 out of 10 Regional Council representatives of Power Belongs to the People to resign from the party. [19] Turtiainen called them "opportunists". [20]

After the 2023 parliamentary election, Turtiainen and his party secretary Marko Hiltunen were invited to attend the Russian government-organised St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Both have said that Russia paid for their tickets, which cost more than €25,000. [21]

Turtiainen was expelled from the party's leadership in March 2024 due to disagreements with the rest of the leadership. After this, the party publically distanced itself from Turtiainen's pro-Russian positions. [22]

Criminal record

In December 2015 Turtiainen published a Facebook status saying that "people had taken great personal risks when acting in elimination operations to destroy existing and planned asylum centres". In his Facebook status, Turtiainen considered the Finnish Red Cross to be his greatest enemy and wrote if "it was now time to expand operations to the enemy headquarters". The matter escalated into a controversy after Member of Parliament Laura Huhtasaari had liked the status. The Finnish Red Cross reported Turtiainen's message to the police. In September 2018 Turtiainen was sentenced in the district court of Southern Savonia to 60 day-fines for public incitement to crime. [23] [24] After being elected as a Member of Parliament, Turtiainen commented that "in this company this sentence is just a feather in my cap". [25]

Turtiainen has been sentenced for assault as well. According to Helsingin Sanomat, the district court of Southern Savonia sentenced Turtiainen to fines in March 2010 for assaulting a 14-year-old boy from Juva. Turtiainen had been previously sentenced for assault in 1995 and 1997. [26]

Entrepreneurship

Turtiainen owns 60% of the company METAL SPORT Licensing Oy, 50% of the company Gometal Oy and 50% of the company Bobbin Oy (Metal Sport). [1] On 21 April 2022, Gometal Oy was declared bankrupt due to accrued taxes owed. [27] Gometal Oy sold powerlifting equipment, clothing and Power Belongs to the People Party's fan products. [28]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ano Turtiainen profile". Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. ↑ IL:n tiedot: Kansanedustaja Ano Turtiaiselle potkut perussuomalaisista - "Vahingoittanut puoluetta", Iltalehti . Accessed on 27 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Kolmelle voimanostajalle kahden vuoden kilpailukielto" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 12 June 1998. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. ↑ Valta, Ville-Veikko (15 April 2019). "405,5 kiloa maasta vetänyt voimanoston ME-mies nousee eduskuntaan Kaakkois-Suomesta – saanut tuomion rikokseen yllyttämisestä" (in Finnish). Iltalehti. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Turkkila, Matias (10 April 2017). "Kaikki perussuomalaiset valtuutetut". Suomen Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "VKK:n Ano Turtiainen ei uusinut paikkaansa kansanedustajana, sai 632 ääntä". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2 April 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Kansanedustaja Ano Turtiainen on laskuttanut kilometrikorvauksia myös sairauslomapäiviltä – eduskunta luottaa edustajan omaan ilmoitukseen". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Syyttäjä: poliisin on kestettävä loukkaavaakin arvostelua – tutkinta kansanedustaja Ano Turtiaisen somekirjoituksista lopetettiin". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 4 January 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  9. 1 2 3 Foreigner.fi. "Perussuomalaiset MP mocks George Floyd's death". Foreigner.fi. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  10. 1 2 Hartikainen, Jarno: Perussuomalaisten eduskuntaryhmä erotti Ano Turtiaisen sopimattoman somekäytöksen vuoksi , Helsingin Sanomat 4 June 2020. Accessed on 4 June 2020.
  11. ↑ "Ano Turtiainen erotettiin toistaiseksi perussuomalaisten eduskuntaryhmästä". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 4 June 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  12. ↑ "Perussuomalaisten eduskuntaryhmästä erotettu Ano Turtiainen perusti oman yhden miehen eduskuntaryhmän". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 9 June 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  13. ↑ "Perussuomalaisten ryhmästä erotettu Ano Turtiainen ja puolueen kansanedustajat sanaharkassa koronaviruksen vakavuudesta: "Aika titityy on sellainen kansanedustaja"". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 3 January 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  14. ↑ "Kansanedustajat tyrmäsivät yhtenä rintamana Ano Turtiaisen koronapuheet". Maaseudun Tulevaisuus (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  15. ↑ "Välikohtaus eduskunnassa – maskikehotuksesta tuohtunut kansanedustaja Turtiainen uhkaili varapuhemiestä kädet nyrkissä". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  16. ↑ "Ano Turtiainen uhkaili väkivallalla jos maskipakko tulee - puhemies puuttui välittömästi: "Tuomittavaa"". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  17. ↑ "Kansanedustaja Ano Turtiaisen firma valmistaa maskeja, mutta itse hän ei niitä käytä – näin hän selittää puheitaan "välineteatterista"". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 30 November 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  18. ↑ "Ano Turtiaisen Valta kuuluu kansalle merkitty puoluerekisteriin". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  19. ↑ Tervonen, Tuukka (5 May 2023). "Sirpaloituneen VKK:n johtaja Ano Turtiainen uskoi vaalivoittoon – nyt hän sanoo Nasan valehtelevan maapallon pyöreydestä ja vaalituloksesta". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  20. ↑ "VKK:n rivit rakoilevat: Ano Turtiaisen Venäjä-puheet, autoritaarinen johtajuus ja uskonnolliset kannanotot ajavat pois puolueesta". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 11 April 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  21. ↑ "Ex-kansanedustaja Ano Turtiainen lähti Venäjän junailemana Pietarin talousfoorumiin – "Epätoivoinen yritys", sanoo asiantuntija". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 14 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  22. ↑ "Ano Turtiainen sai lähtöpassit Valta kuuluu kansalle -puolueen johdosta". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  23. ↑ Teittinen, Paavo (28 December 2015). "Kansanedustaja Huhtasaari sanoo tykänneensä väkivaltaan yllyttävästä Facebook-päivityksestä vahingossa – "En missään nimessä hyväksy"" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  24. ↑ "Finns Party pol fined for inciting violence against Red Cross". Yle News. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  25. ↑ "Valituksensa hovioikeuteen perunut kansanedustaja Ano Turtiainen ei kadu tuomittua tekstiään — "Tässä porukassa tämä tuomio on vain sulka hattuun"" (in Finnish). Länsi-Savo. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  26. ↑ Pietiläinen, Tuomo (19 May 2019). "Kaksi kansanedustajien lausahdusta kiteyttää sen, miksi median pitää tarkasti kaivaa poliitikkojen tekemisiä" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  27. ↑ "MP's bankrupt business owes tens of thousands in unpaid taxes". Yle News. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  28. ↑ "METAL SPORT - STRENGTH EQUIPMENT SHOP" . Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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