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 .

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.

Episodes