Ömer Kavur

Ömer Kavur 18 June 1944 12 May 2005 was a Turkish film director producer and screenwriter He directed fourteen films between 1974 and 2003 His film Gece Yolculuğu was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival Nine years later his film Akrebin Yolculuğu was screened in the same section at the 1997 Festival He died on 12 May 2005 of lymphoma at his home in Teşvikiye Istanbul and was buried at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery following the religious funeral service held at the Teşvikiye Mosque