Finnish police have launched preliminary investigations into four people accused of burning a photograph believed to be Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in front of the Turkish embassy in Helsinki.
A group of people burned a photo of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a protest in front of the Turkish embassy in the Finnish capital Helsinki on Sunday, according to Finnish news agency STT and social media.
And the Finnish police released a statement saying that a group of about twenty people organized a protest in front of the Turkish embassy in the capital Helsinki, during which they burned a photo allegedly of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. explaining that they would hand over the case file to the prosecutor’s office and the judiciary as soon as it was over.
Notably, the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) organized a pro-Kurdish demonstration in front of the Turkish embassy in the Finnish capital Helsinki last Sunday to protest against the Turkish military campaign in Kurdish areas in the north of the country. Syria.
On the other hand, there has been significant tension in Turkish-Swedish relations after Rasmus Paludan, leader of the far-right Hard Line party, burned the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm on 21 January.
For his part, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Sweden should not count on Turkey’s approval of its request to join NATO, since it allowed anti-Turkish measures on its territory.
According to the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Ankara will consider Finland’s request to join NATO in isolation from Sweden’s request.
However, the Finnish authorities fear that the incident with the burning of the portrait of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will have a negative impact on Turkish-Finnish relations and what it can lead to in terms of changing Turkey’s position regarding Finland’s accession to NATO.
Source: News