THE TURKISH DETECTIVE. BBC2 - sun and mon 9pm - TV PACE. NO SPOILERS

[Blondeshavemorefun]

The Turkish Detective starts on BBC Two (www.thesun.co.uk/topic/bbc-two/) at 9pm on Sunday, July 7, 2024, with episode
two airing on Monday, July 8, 2024, at 9pm

The Turkish Detective follows the adventures of Inspector Çetin Ikmen, his partner Detective Mehmet Süleyman and Detective Ayşe Farsakoğlu going through ups and downs as they solve crimes," the synopsis reads.

Each crime story is "heavily rooted in the varied culture and history of Istanbul and set against the frenzied world of modern-day Turkey".
As well as Kai – who played the role of Tony in Killing Eve and also appeared in Emmerdale (www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/) as Kasim Sabet – the series stars Baba's Haluk
Bilginer and
Strike Back
's Yasemin Kay Allen.

The eight part series features complex characters and compelling mysteries all in a vibrant film location.

What is The Turkish Detective about?
Barabara Ikmen introduced readers to DI Ikmen in 1999.

There are 25 books in the series, beginning with Belshazzar's Daughter.
Now the books have been brought to life, in an eight-part series.

The Turkish Detective follows Inspector Çetin Ikmen, Detective Mehmet Süleyman and Detective Ayşe Farsakoğlu as they navigate the challenges of solving crimes in Istanbul (www.thesun.co.uk/travel/15754743/is-istanbul-in-europe/)
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Thank you @Blondeshavemorefun

Thanks @Blondeshavemorefun . It reads like it might be a different mystery each week .

Yes sounds like a weekly mystery adventure murder

Might be as dangerous as midsummer to live in 😂😂😂

Is it in English?

I hope so

Tho I have subtitles on anyway as partly deaf and all mumble on tv

I hope it isn't. I'm a "sub-titles anyway" person like Blondes, but shows where foreigners speak English, or (worse) are dubbed, are just awful AFAIC. Looking forward to this, seen some really fun Turkish series on Netflix.

well, if anyone does know, please say, nothing worse than spending time setting up a series to try out and then finding it is in a language I don't know. I can't read subtitles

It's in English (with Turkish subtitles available). There are some small snippets of conversation, background noise, music, etc. in Turkish but most of those aren't even subtitled - more background ambience and scene-setting than anything you'd need to follow the story.

Judging by the trailers available, it looks like it's in English, or dubbed. Which rather puts me off.

Thank you

I hope it's good.

The trailer looks good so fingers crossed

It will be a murder mystery but in Istanbul

i'm watching now. the turkish inspector is giving me hints of Baptiste from The Missing

Ha ha. How funny. I came in to say the same thing

His face and accent /voice and mannerisms

See

It’s kinda a comedy tho not sure meant to be

reality is that no detective would still be working at that age. they would be long retired off whether they wanted it or not.
but yes a striking resemblance in mannerisms and looks.

it's an 8 parter so likely a slow burn.

i think the 'pregnant' wife has some awful ovarian cancer or similar. has to be something more dramatic than fibroids for the story curve

Whole family seem weird

Dad thrashes daughter with belt

Brother let's sister get beaten for his greedy ness and doing /selling drugs and happy for his sister to be filmed by his friend

Daughter who is murdered is a whore

Mum seems quiet so agree some other story as not preg

U less she was preg and somehow mc /abortion but hadn't lost baby weight.

Fiancé didn't see gutted she was dead

Or I may be totally wrong

It's a bit by numbers, isn't it? But set in beautiful Turkey, which is a bonus! But every Europudding cliche was present and correct; the foot-chase through the market, the body in the swimming pool, I was even watching something the other week with the "cop implausibly gets transfer to another country, purely to find out what really happened to their beloved". Likeable lead, though, I'll keep watching. Oh, and some plot devices to excuse so much of it being in English.

Oh yes. Who was the body at the end

I'm quite enjoying this

Recaps hard to find - have a review

amp.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/jul/07/the-turkish-detective-review-downright-ridiculous-in-a-good-way

I found it entertaining. But it really annoys me being in English. There is no way the police conduct interviews etc in English. And the detective from the UK speaks Turkish anyway.
I thought the wife was pregnant and just being sarcastic. Anyway the golden rule is never ask about a pregnancy unless 100% sure.
Great shots of Istanbul though