Sinan, dont believe everything you hear in Turkish medias.
I can say the same thing for you.
PKK was never in a stalemate
There were several occasions, do you remember the Erdogan's "Zero Terror" slogan when he first came in to the office. PKK was in stalemate at that time. They were not attacking but gathering forces. And Erdogan instead of finishing them in their sorry state. Used this situation for politics.
and the numbers you are describing are unrealistic even with todays weapons against a guerilla force that works mainly in mountainous areas.
It's not a question of weapons, it has never been. Today terrorists slip from thermal camera by covering them in mud covered blankets.
It's the mentality, method you use. If you wait in your military post for PKK to came and hit you, you can never prevail.
What he had done at the time was entirely different from today's operations. He surrounded PKK camps in several circles in his operations. As i said before PKK are good in hit and run tactics. They are not accustomed of "Front War" or being in the defensive. Surrounding and placing Heavy artillery on their heads. PKK always lost its stance and tried to flee. Fleeing groups get trapped by the circles of Turkish soldiers. If they managed to escape from one than they fall in the second circle. There were several circles which prevented PKK members from escaping. Later on with the loss of strength of PKK, Turkish soldiers narrowed the circle and eventually over run the camp/base.
If i'm not wrong this one is called "Octapus", there were several tactics of him which proved to be successful.
Othern than that, Osman Pamukoglu is responsible for millions of people supporting PKK since 90's. Most of the extrajudicial killings were committed during the 2-3 years he was in office. He is not a solution to PKK and he certainly is not a solution to the Kurdish question. But if you want to further increase the support for PKK, go ahead and vote for him.
You see PKK and Kurdish issue connected, i see different. First destroy PKK than focus on regions problems.
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Sinan
Sry Sinan but this time i think Bahoz is right, i dont think that Military operations will solve anything in pkk issue.
Don't be sorry mate, everyone have his own opinions.
That doesnt mean pkk is strong and can harm us but to finish pkk we would need a huge operation in north Iraq with infantry (invasion) which is impossible yet.
Most true, but it's not impossible, it was always been possible but "political determinacy " is needed.
