A recent poll shows that the majority of Finnish people are against Turkey's membership of the European Union.The survey, conducted by Think If Laboratories Oy of Finland on 1,760 Finns, indicated that 68 percent of the respondents were against Turkey's EU membership, Finnish TV channelMTV3reported on Saturday.
Turkey has been seeking to gain accession to the 27-member European bloc since 2005 but its EU membership bid has been thwarted by vehement opposition from key members including France and Germany.
Meanwhile, the Council of Europes Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muiznieks has called for an investigation into Turkey's excessive use of police force against anti-government protesters.
Muiznieks made the remarks at a press conference in Ankara on Saturday during his five-day visit to Turkey.
"All instances of excessive use of force by the police must be fully investigated and adequately punished," he said.
His visit came after nationwide demonstrations against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rocked Turkey for more than a month.
Several people were killed and some 8,000 others injured in violent crackdown on protesters.
Demonstrations erupted in late May after police broke up a sit-in at Istanbul's Taksim Square in protest against a proposal to demolish Gezi Park.
The violence turned into nationwide demonstrations against the ruling Justice and Development Party, with police using water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets against demonstrators.
Erdogan, whose government was the main target of protests, has described the demonstrators as foreign-backed extremists and terrorists.
By Press TV
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