Cingöz Recai ( en, Recai the Shrewd) is a fictional character in a series of books created by the well known
Turkish
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author
Peyami Safa in 1924. In addition to his novels of high literary value, Safa also wrote
detective fiction
Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as s ...
using the pseudonym ''Server Bedii''.
Main plot
Cingöz Recai resembles French fictional character
Arsène Lupin. He is a
gentleman thief, who steals from the rich. In most stories, his fiancé Jale also helps him. Mehmet Rıza (like Lupin's Justin Ganimard) is a police commissioner, who is always on the track of Recai. However, Recai manages to escape. In a fiction written in 1928, Recai acts versus
Sherlock Holmes
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, and in another fiction written in 1935, he is at work against Arsene Lupin.
Novels
Novels which are still being printed are the following.
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* ''Arsene Lupin İstanbul'da'' (Arsene Lupin in İstanbul)
* ''Tiyatro Baskını'' (Raid of the Theatre)
* ''Elmaslar İçinde'' (Within the Diamonds)
* ''Kaybolan Adam'' (Missing Man)
* ''Esrarlı Köşk'' (Mysterious Villa)
* ''Zeyrek Cinayeti'' (Murder in Zeyrek)
* ''Şeytani Tuzak'' (Devilish Trap)
* ''Mişon'un Definesi'' (Mişon's Treasure)
Films
From many fictions about Cingöz Recai, only three were filmed so far:
* ''Cingöz Recai'' (1954), international title ''The White Hell'', directed by Metin Erksan
İsmail Metin Erksan (1 January 1929 – 4 August 2012) was a Turkish people, Turkish film director and art historian.
Biography
Erksan was born in Çanakkale. Following his graduation from Pertevniyal High School in Istanbul, he studied art hi ...
. Cast: Turan Seyfioğlu
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as Cingöz Recai, Neriman Köksal
Neriman Köksal (born Hatice Kökçü; 17 March 1928 – 23 October 1999) was a Turkish actress. She appeared in more than one hundred films from 1950 to 1996.
Selected filmography
References
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1928 births
1999 deat ...
as Jale, Avni Dilligil Avni may refer to:
Given name
* Avni Arbaş (1919–2003), Turkish artist
* Avni bej Delvina, a signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
* Avni Klinaku (born 1965), Albanian politician and nationalist
* Avni Mula (1928–2020), Albania ...
as Mehmet Rıza, the detective.
* ''Cingöz Recai'' (1969), directed by Sefa Önal. Cast: Ayhan Işık as Cingöz Recai, Sema Özcan as Jale, Süha Doğan as Mehmet Rıza, the detective.
* ''Cingöz Recai'' (2017), released on 12 October 2017 & directed by Onur Ünlü, produced by Hayri Aslan & the role of Recai was played by Kenan Imirzalioglu with Meriç Aral
Meriç Aral (born 17 November 1988) is a Turkish actress. After studying law, she started acting and became known with her role as Hale in ''Medcezir''. She has taken part in various cinema and television productions.
Life and career
Aral was b ...
as Filiz, Meryem Uzerli as Göze, Boran Kuzum
Boran Kuzum (born 1 October 1992) is a Turkish actor. He graduated from the Theater Department of Istanbul University State Conservatory in 2015. Kuzum had studied economy at Ankara Gazi University for a year, but gave it up to study. His fathe ...
as Cüneyt and Haluk Bilginer
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as Chief Inspector and many others including Algi Eke, Serkan Keskin, Musa Uzunlar
Musa Uzunlar (born 21 April 1959) is a Turkish actor. Uzunlar acted as Reşat in the Turkish TV series ''Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?''. He played in Onur Ünlü's surreal drama "Şubat". He played a lot of different roles in Turkish TV series and pla ...
& Faith Artman.
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Fictional Turkish people
Fictional gentleman thieves
Literary characters introduced in 1924
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