TV series

Filinta: An Ottoman Policeman

2014–2016, Turkish, on TRT 1 & tabii. Created by Altuğ Küçük & Yusuf Esenkal & Serdar Öğretici.

"Carbine" The first Ottoman crime show of television history, -Filinta- is a show that presents notions of rights, justice, camaraderie, fellowship and love. Mustafa is a very smart, skillful, handsome young man. He serves as a policeman with his best friend Ali, who is also an orphan like Mustafa. Kadı Gıyaseddin is a -kadı- (judge) who belongs to a well-established family, and was trained in Damascus, Bukhara, Cairo and Konya from an early age. He is of an easy-going and coolheaded temperament. He shows us his refined wisdom in every scene. He also has trained sultans sons at the palace. He is a former mentor of the Sultan. Our story begins with a conspiracy against Mustafa and Ali.

Seasons

2

Episodes

56

Episode length

90 min

Status

Cancelled in 2016