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Filinta
Genre
Based onFilinta Galata
by Tamer Çıray
StarringOnur Tuna
Cem Uçan
Damla Aslanalp
Mehmet Özgür
ComposerTamer Çıray
Country of originTurkey
Original languageTurkish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes56
(149 on YouTube shortened)
Production
Executive producers
  • Yusuf Esenkal
  • Serdar Öğretici
Production location
  • Turkey


Original release
ReleaseDecember 23, 2014 (2014-12-23) –
April 22, 2016 (2016-04-22)
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Filinta is a Turkish detective fiction television drama series created for TRT1 by Yusuf Esenkal and Serdar Öğretici. Filmed in Seka Park Film studio, it was shot in İzmit in the largest film set ever built in the history of Turkish TV series.

The series, the first detective TV fiction set in the Ottoman period,[1][2] premiered on TRT1 in Turkey on December 23, 2014.[3] It aired until 2016.[4] As of 2017 it was one of the most expensive television series in Turkey.[4] According to The Hollywood Reporter, a source described Filinta as "like a crude Ottoman Downton Abbey".[4]

Cast

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Actor/Actress Character
Onur Tuna Filinta Mustafa
Cem Uçan Bıçak Ali
Mehmet Özgür Kadi Gıyaseddin
Damla Aslanalp Lara Zaharyas
Nur Fettahoğlu Süreyya
Berrak Tüzünataç Farah
Feyza Isik Gulbahar
Kayra Senocak Hasan
Kamil Güler Abdullah Efendi
Serhat Tutumluer Boris Zaharyas
Ercan Demirel Hamdi Agha
Hakan Yufkacigil Çemil Efendi
Hakan Kurtas Sultan Abdul Hamid
Yosi Misrahi Esat Pasha
Naz Elmas Azize
Reshad Strik Lütfü
Wilma Elles Anita Von Wilhelm
Duru Alkis Neslihan Sultan
Serhan Ernak Çeyrek
Kemal Zeydan Zeyrek
Kaan Urgancıoğlu Otto Petroviç
Ali Savascı Cardinal Fernando
Ceyhun Erçin Çelebi Rıza
Uğur yildiran Garbis

Production

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In 2014 Bobby Roth directed extra scenes for the series.[5] "The series' set is one ot Europe's largest television sets and includes an exact replica of the old city of Pera, including its tram; it was built on a 40,000 m2 set (on a 300,000 m2 plot) in Izmit"[6]

Spinoff

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The characters of Zeyrek and Çeyrek reappear in he spinoff comedy series Zeyrek ile Çeyrek .[7]

Reception

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President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his wife Emine have visited the production set, congratulating the production team.[4]

See also

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Other productions by Eastern Sunrise Films [tr]:

References

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  1. ^ "Filinta Tv Series (Ottoman Detective Story) - Turkish Drama". July 14, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  2. ^ Berg, Miriam (June 13, 2023). Turkish Drama Serials: The Importance and Influence of a Globally Popular Television Phenomenon. University of Exeter Press. ISBN 978-1-80413-043-8.
  3. ^ Filinta (History), Cem Uçan, Onur Tuna, Kamil Güler, Hakan Yufkacigil, ES Film, Es Film, Es Yapim, December 23, 2014, retrieved March 12, 2021{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ a b c d Ritman, Alex; Mia Galuppo (April 21, 2017). "'The Promise' vs. 'The Ottoman Lieutenant': Two Movies Battle Over the Armenian Genocide". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  5. ^ İZMİT(Kocaeli), (DHA), Ergün AYAZ-Orhan UZUN / (October 22, 2014). "Lost'un yönetmeni Bobby Roth Kocaeli'nde". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  6. ^ "FİLİNTA Bir Osmanlı Polisiyesi... Her Salı saat 19:55'te TRT1de... Haber | TRT 1". February 12, 2015. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Zeyrek ile Çeyrek "Bir Ramazan Temaşası" Ramazan Boyunca TRT1'de". June 16, 2015.
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