22 Facts About Ano Turtiainen

Ano Veli Samuel Turtiainen was born on 25 August 1967 and is a Finnish former powerlifter and far-right politician who served in the Parliament of Finland for the South-Eastern Finland constituency from 2019 to 2023.

Ano Turtiainen is founder and former leader of the Power Belongs to the People party.

Ano Turtiainen was expelled from the Finns Party for posting a tweet perceived as mocking the murder of George Floyd in February 2021.

Ano Turtiainen competed for the International Powerlifting Federation, World Powerlifting Congress and World Powerlifting Organization.

In 1998, Ano Turtiainen was tested positive for androgenic drugs and banned for two years.

In 2017, Ano Turtiainen was elected into municipal council of Juva in Southern Savonia as a representative of the Finns Party.

January 2020 Finnish newspaper Iltalehti revealed that Ano Turtiainen had used travel expense allowance during his sick leave.

Ano Turtiainen had the highest count of the allowance usage according to the paper.

On 3 June 2020 Ano Turtiainen mocked the murder of George Floyd on his Twitter account with a tweet showing an image of Floyd, a police officer's knee on his neck and his face colorized pink, with the phrase "Pink Floyd".

Ano Turtiainen proceeded to found his own parliamentary group of one man.

Ano Turtiainen appointed as the group secretary a former the Finns Party MP James Hirvisaari.

Ano Turtiainen has criticized actions related to COVID-19 pandemic, calling them "neo-communism" and refusing to take a COVID vaccine.

Ano Turtiainen has been spreading conspiracy theory related COVID-memes on his social media platforms.

Ano Turtiainen has been using derogatory language towards the Chairmen after receiving animadversions from them regarding the face mask issue.

In Spring 2021 Ano Turtiainen stated that he is "ready to kill if somebody in this country is forced to wear a mask".

Ano Turtiainen responded by saying he had nothing against the use of protective equipment.

In 2021, Ano Turtiainen expanded his parliamentary group into a full political party, called "Power Belongs to the People".

Ano Turtiainen was expelled from the party's leadership in March 2024 due to disagreements with the rest of the leadership.

Former Member of Parliament Ano Turtiainen participated in an international conference in Moscow in April 2024 and Yalta International Economic Forum in November 2024.

In December 2015 Ano 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 September 2018 Ano Turtiainen was sentenced in the district court of Southern Savonia to 60 day-fines for public incitement to crime.

Ano Turtiainen had been previously sentenced for assault in 1995 and 1997.