Osman Pamukoğlu is a Turkish retired general known for leading operations against the PKK in southeastern Turkey and Iraq and advocating the depopulation of Kurdish-majority rural areas as part of a counterinsurgency strategy.[1][2][3][4] After his retirement from active duty, he entered politics as a right-wing nationalist,[5][6] founding the Rights and Equality Party and advocating "a ruthless military solution to the ongoing socio-political problems".[7]
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