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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 The Teşvikiye Mosque () is a neo-baroque structure located in the Teşvikiye neighbourhood of Şişli district in Istanbul, Turkey. History The mosque was originally commissioned in 1794 by Sultan Selim III, but most of the current mosque t .... Filmography * '' Yatık Emine'' (1974) * '' Yusuf ile Kenan'' (1979) * '' Kırık bir aşk hikâyesi'' (1981) * '' Ah güzel Istanbul'' (1981) * '' Göl'' (1982) * '' Körebe'' ( ...
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Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center (Etimesgut, Yenimahalle, Çankaya District, Çankaya, Keçiören, Altındağ, Pursaklar, Mamak, Ankara, Mamak, Gölbaşı, Ankara, Gölbaşı, Sincan, Ankara, Sincan) and 5,864,049 in Ankara Province (total of 25 districts). Ankara is Turkey's List of cities in Turkey, second-largest city by population after Istanbul, first by urban land area, and third by metro land area after Konya and Sivas. Ankara was historically known as Ancyra and Angora. Serving as the capital of the ancient Celts, Celtic state of Galatia (280–64 BC), and later of the Roman Empire, Roman province with the Galatia (Roman province), same name (25 BC–7th century), Ankara has various Hattians, Hattian, Hittites, Hittite, Lydian, Phrygian, Galatians (people ...
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Teşvikiye Mosque
The Teşvikiye Mosque () is a neo-baroque structure located in the Teşvikiye neighbourhood of Şişli district in Istanbul, Turkey. History The mosque was originally commissioned in 1794 by Sultan Selim III, but most of the current mosque that stands today was completed in 1854 during the reign of Sultan Abdülmecit I. It was designed by Krikor Balyan, of the famed family of Armenian architects. It was constructed during a time when several well-known structures in Istanbul were being built or renovated, including the Ortaköy Mosque and Dolmabahçe Palace, in styles imported from Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east .... Its front facade, constructed during a renovation in the late 19th century, gives it a unique appearance, with huge white columns. It ha ...
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1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech. * Janua ...
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The Encounter (2002 Film)
The Encounter may refer to: Film and TV * The Encounter (2002 film), ''The Encounter'' (2002 film), a film by Ömer Kavur * The Encounter (2011 film), ''The Encounter'' (2011 film), a Christian film directed by David A.R. White * The Encounter (Twilight Zone), "The Encounter" (''Twilight Zone''), a 1964 ''Twilight Zone'' episode * The Encounter (TV series), ''The Encounter'' (TV series), a 2016 American television series Books * The Encounter «Встреча», 1923 poem by Vladimir Nabokov * The Encounter (short story), "The Encounter" (short story), a 1969 short story by Jorge Luis Borges * The Encounter (novel), ''The Encounter'' (novel), a 1996 Animorphs book Music *"The Encounter", an art song by John Ireland (composer), John Ireland *"The Encounter", an art song by Toru Takemitsu See also

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The Secret Face
''The Secret Face'' () is a 1991 Turkish drama film written and directed by Ömer Kavur. It was screened in competition at the 48th Venice International Film Festival. Cast * Zuhal Olcay * Fikret Kuşkan Fikret Kuşkan (born 22 April 1965) is a Turkish actor. Kuşkan grew up in İstinye with his parents and four sisters. His father was of Albanian origin. When he was 13, his father died and he moved to Tokat. After three years, he returned to ... * Sevda Ferdağ * Savaş Yurttaş References External links * 1991 films 1991 drama films Turkish drama films 1990s Turkish-language films Turkish-language drama films {{Turkey-film-stub ...
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Anayurt Oteli
''Motherland Hotel'' () is a 1987 Turkish film directed by Ömer Kavur. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Yusuf Atılgan. Plot Zebercet owns a hotel in a small provincial town. He manages to keep it up with the help of one maid, a little girl who lives with him. One evening, one of the clients leaves the hotel, promising to return in a week. Haunted by the memory of the beautiful unknown, it leaves little to be gained by a little melancholy. Overwhelmed by his impulses, he refuses to take any clients, and closes the hotel. Cast * Macit Koper - Zebercet *Şahika Tekand - The lady *Serra Yılmaz - Ortalıkçı * Orhan Çağman - Emekli Subay Awards *1987 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival: Best Director, Second Best Film *1987 Istanbul Film Festival: Best Turkish Film *1987 Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festi ...
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Göl (film)
In Norse mythology, a valkyrie ( or ; from ) is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall Valhalla. There, the deceased warriors become ('single fighters' or 'once fighters').Orchard (1997:36) and Lindow (2001:104). When the are not preparing for the cataclysmic events of Ragnarök, the valkyries bear them mead. Valkyries also appear as lovers of heroes and other mortals, where they are sometimes described as the daughters of royalty, sometimes accompanied by ravens and sometimes connected to swans or horses. Valkyries are attested in the ''Poetic Edda'' (a book of poems compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources), the ''Prose Edda'', the (both by Snorri Sturluson) and the (one of the Sagas of Icelanders), all written—or compiled—in the 13th century. They appear throughout the poetry of skalds, in a 14th-century charm, and in various runic inscriptions. The Old English cognate term appears in several Old En ...
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