Osman Pamukoğlu

person

Turkish military officer and statesperson (born 1947)

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. After his retirement from active duty, he entered politics as a right-wing nationalist, founding the Rights and Equality Party and advocating "a ruthless military solution to the ongoing socio-political problems".