Ömür Gedik

Gedik draws attention with her work on animal rights. She is the founding president of the Association for Protection of Animals from Helplessness and Indifference (HAÇİKO). Gedik, took part in Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's meeting with animal lovers in February 2011. She works with HAYTAP on animal rights.

After graduating from university, Gedik joined the Sabah Journal Group, and in 1993 she started working for Hürriyet. She worked as an associate lecturer at Boğaziçi University, Preparatory Department, for 1 year. Gedik started working at Hürriyet Culture Art Service in 1999. She has a column in Hürriyet Kelebek where she mainly focuses on cinema. Gedik started her television career in 2004. She prepared and presented the program Stüdyo on TV8 for 1 year. In 2005, she began hosting Cinemania, a cinema program broadcast on Kanal D. She opened the 2012 International Antalya Film Festival.

In 1992, Gedik graduated from Boğaziçi University, with a degree in English Philology.

Ömür Gedik (born 22 December 1970) is a Turkish journalist. She is a writer for Hürriyet newspaper, artist, animal rights advocate, a member of SİYAD (Association of Cinema Writers), and founder and president of HAÇİKO Association (The Association for the Protection of Animals from Desperation and Indifference).