The Turkish Detective is an American-British-Turkish crime drama television series, adapted from Barbara Nadel's Çetin İkmen book series.
| The Turkish Detective | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Based on | Çetin İkmen by Barbara Nadel |
| Written by | Ben Schiffer Neil Biswas Caroline Henry |
| Directed by | Niels Arden Oplev Lynsey Miller Nisan Dag |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United States Turkey |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Kerem Çatay Claire Sowerby-A Sheppard Marc Helwig Ben Schiffer |
| Producers | Charles Croft Emrah Gamsizoglu Marina Niel |
| Production companies | |
| Original release | |
| Network | Paramount+ |
| Release | 15 September[1] – 3 November 2023 |
Premise
editTurkish-born, British-raised police officer Mehmet Süleyman transfers from London to Istanbul.[2]
Cast
edit- Haluk Bilginer as Inspector Çetin İkmen
- Yasemin Allen as Detective Ayşe Farsakoğlu
- Ethan Kai as Detective Mehmet Süleyman
- Erol Afsin as Tarik Sanver
- Deniz Ülkü as Cicek İkmen
- Uygar Tamer as Fatma İkmen
- Dilan Gwyn as Leyla Pamuk
- Selma Ergec as Selma Payidar
- Diyar Bozkurt as Izzet Melik
Production
editIn June 2020, it was announced that Miramax TV and ViacomCBS International Studios would produce a television adaptation of the 21 Çetin İkmen novels entitled The Turkish Detective by Barbara Nadel.[3] By April 2022, Turkish company Ay Yapin were co-producers and the eight part series had Niels Arden Oplev as director.[4] The series is adapted by Ben Schiffer. Filming took place in Istanbul.[5]
The cast is led by Haluk Bilginer as Inspector Çetin İkmen and also includes Yasemin Kay Allen, Ethan Kai, Dilan Gwyn and Selma Ergec .[6]
Broadcast
editThe series was broadcast in Greece on Cosmote TV Series from 15 September 2023.
The series was broadcast in the UK on BBC Two from 7 July 2024.[7]
Episodes
edit| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode 1" | Niels Arden Oplev | Ben Schiffer | 15 September 2023 |
| 2 | "Episode 2" | Niels Arden Oplev | Ben Schiffer | 22 September 2023 |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Lynsey Miller | Ben Schiffer | 29 September 2023 |
| 4 | "Episode 4" | Lynsey Miller | Ben Schiffer | 6 October 2023 |
| 5 | "Episode 5" | Nisan Dag | Ben Schiffer | 13 October 2023 |
| 6 | "Episode 6" | Nisan Dag | Ben Schiffer | 20 October 2023 |
| 7 | "Episode 7" | Lynsey Miller | Ben Schiffer | 27 October 2023 |
| 8 | "Episode 8" | Lynsey Miller | Ben Schiffer | 3 November 2023 |
References
edit- ^ "The Turkish Detective". Paramount Global.
- ^ Walton, James (13 July 2024). "Utterly bog-standard: BBC2's The Turkish Detective reviewed". The Spectator. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ Kanter, Jake (24 June 2020). "ViacomCBS International Studios Partners With Miramax On 'The Turkish Detective'". Deadline Hollywood Deadline. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (13 April 2022). "'The Turkish Detective' From Niels Arden Oplev & Miramax TV Gets Paramount+ Series Order, Sets Cast". Deadline Hollywood Deadline. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ Aroesti, Rachel (7 July 2024). "The Turkish Detective review – downright ridiculous, in a good way". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ Hibbs, James (7 July 2024). "Meet the cast of The Turkish Detective". Radio Times. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ Richardson, Hollie (13 July 2024). "TV tonight: two new telly detectives are here to thrill crime drama fans". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 July 2024.