The Turkish Detective

The Turkish Detective
Genre	Crime drama
Based on	Çetin İkmen by Barbara Nadel
Written by	Ben Schiffer Neil Biswas Caroline Henry Raymond Khoury
Directed by	Niels Arden Oplev Lynsey Miller Nisan Dag
Starring	Haluk Bilginer
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	Miramax Ay Yapim Paramount Television International Studios
Original release
Network	Paramount+
Release	September 15, 2023 (2023-09-15)[1] – present

The Turkish Detective is an American-British-Turkish crime drama television series, adapted from Barbara Nadel's Çetin İkmen book series.

Premise

Turkish-born, British-raised police officer Mehmet Süleyman transfers from London to Istanbul.[2]

Cast

• 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

In 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 Yapim 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

The 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

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Episode 1"	Niels Arden Oplev	Ben Schiffer	15 September 2023 (2023-09-15)
2	"Episode 2"	Niels Arden Oplev	Ben Schiffer	22 September 2023 (2023-09-22)
3	"Episode 3"	Lynsey Miller	Raymond Khoury & Neil Biswas	29 September 2023 (2023-09-29)
4	"Episode 4"	Lynsey Miller	Raymond Khoury & Neil Biswas	6 October 2023 (2023-10-06)
5	"Episode 5"	Nisan Dag	Caroline Henry	13 October 2023 (2023-10-13)
6	"Episode 6"	Nisan Dag	Caroline Henry	20 October 2023 (2023-10-20)
7	"Episode 7"	Lynsey Miller	Ben Schiffer	27 October 2023 (2023-10-27)
8	"Episode 8"	Lynsey Miller	Ben Schiffer	3 November 2023 (2023-11-03)

References

1. "The Turkish Detective". Paramount Global.
2. Walton, James (13 July 2024). "Utterly bog-standard: BBC2's The Turkish Detective reviewed". The Spectator. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
3. Kanter, Jake (24 June 2020). "ViacomCBS International Studios Partners With Miramax On 'The Turkish Detective'". Deadline Hollywood Deadline. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
4. 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.
5. Aroesti, Rachel (7 July 2024). "The Turkish Detective review – downright ridiculous, in a good way". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
6. Hibbs, James (7 July 2024). "Meet the cast of The Turkish Detective". Radio Times. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
7. Richardson, Hollie (13 July 2024). "TV tonight: two new telly detectives are here to thrill crime drama fans". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

External links

• The Turkish Detective at IMDb