From the mid-1980s till the mid-1990s, Ömer Kavur was one of Turkey’s internationally most visible directors, with several of his masterpieces finding a place at festivals deemed prestigious such as Venice (Anayurt Oteli, 1987; Gizli yüz, 1991) and Cannes (Gece Yolculuğu, 1987; Akrebin Yolculuğu, 1997). But tastes and the zeitgeist are fickle. By now, Kavur’s signature Kafkaesq...