''Filinta'' is a Turkish detective fiction television series created for
TRT1
TRT 1 (''TRT One'') is the first Turkish national television channel, owned by state broadcaster TRT. It was launched on 31 January 1968 as a test broadcast and was officially launched in December 1971. It was the only channel in Turkey until 15 ...
by Yusuf Esenkal and Serdar Öğretici. Filmed in Seka Park Film studio, it is the largest television series set in Turkey. It was located in
Ä°zmit
Ä°zmit () is a district and the central district of Kocaeli province, Turkey. It is located at the Gulf of Ä°zmit in the Sea of Marmara, about east of Istanbul, on the northwestern part of Anatolia.
As of the last 31/12/2019 estimation, the c ...
(Turkey). It premiered on TRT1 in Turkey on December 23, 2014.
It aired until 2016.
it was one of the most expensive television series in Turkey.
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According to '']The Hollywood Reporter
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'', a source described Filinta as "like a crude Ottoman ''Downton Abbey
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''".[
]President of Turkey
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Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan
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and his wife Emine are known to have visited the production set, congratulating the entire production team.[
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Cast
, UÄŸur yildiran - Garbis
See also
Other productions by :
* '' Payitaht: Abdülhamid''
* '' The Ottoman Lieutenant''
References
External links
*
Filinta
at (production company)
* {{IMDb title, 4338234, Filinta
2014 Turkish television series debuts
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation original programming
Television series about the Ottoman Empire
Turkish drama television series
Television series produced in Istanbul
Television shows set in Istanbul