The Turkish Detective
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 to join Inspector Çetin İkmen's team.Cast and characters
- 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. By April 2022, Turkish company Ay Yapim were co-producers and the eight part series had Niels Arden Oplev as director. The series is adapted by Ben Schiffer. Filming took place in Istanbul.The cast is led by Haluk Bilginer as Inspector Çetin İkmen and also includes Yasemin Kay Allen, Ethan Kai, Dilan Gwyn and Selma Ergec .