{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Use American English|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox television | image = Filinta An Ottoman Detective Fiction.jpg | genre = {{plainlist| * Historic * Detective fiction }} | based_on = {{Based on|''Filinta Galata''|Tamer Çıray}} | starring = Onur Tuna<br/>Cem Uçan<br>Damla Aslanalp<br/>Mehmet Özgür | composer = Tamer Çıray | country = Turkey | language = Turkish | num_seasons = 2 | num_episodes = 56<br>(149 on YouTube shortened) | executive_producer = {{plainlist| * Yusuf Esenkal * Serdar Öğretici }} | location = {{plainlist| * Turkey <!-- Main shooting location is studios in Kocaeli-->
|runtime = 105 minutes |channel = TRT 1 }} | first_aired = {{Start date|2014|12|23}} | last_aired = {{End date|2016|04|22}} | related = {{Plainlist| * ''Payitaht: Abdülhamid'' }} }}
'''''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,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-14 |title=Filinta Tv Series (Ottoman Detective Story) - Turkish Drama |url=https://www.turkishdrama.com/filinta-tv-series.html |access-date=2024-03-11 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Berg |first=Miriam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0BPBEAAAQBAJ |title=Turkish Drama Serials: The Importance and Influence of a Globally Popular Television Phenomenon |date=2023-06-13 |publisher=University of Exeter Press |isbn=978-1-80413-043-8 |language=en}}</ref> premiered on TRT1 in Turkey on December 23, 2014.<ref>{{Citation|title=Filinta|date=2014-12-23|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4338234/|type=History|others=Cem Uçan, Onur Tuna, Kamil Güler, Hakan Yufkacigil|publisher=ES Film, Es Film, Es Yapim|access-date=2021-03-12}}</ref> It aired until 2016.<ref name="RitmanGaluppo">{{cite magazine|author=Ritman, Alex|author2=Mia Galuppo|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/promise-ottoman-lieutenant-two-movies-battle-armenian-genocide-996196|title='The Promise' vs. 'The Ottoman Lieutenant': Two Movies Battle Over the Armenian Genocide|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2017-04-21|access-date=2019-05-15}}</ref> {{As of|2017}} it was one of the most expensive television series in Turkey.<ref name=RitmanGaluppo/> According to ''The Hollywood Reporter'', a source described Filinta as "like a crude Ottoman ''Downton Abbey''".<ref name="RitmanGaluppo" />
==Cast== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! 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 == In 2014 Bobby Roth directed extra scenes for the series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=İZMİT(Kocaeli), (DHA) |first=Ergün AYAZ-Orhan UZUN / |date=2014-10-22 |title=Lost'un yönetmeni Bobby Roth Kocaeli'nde |url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/lostun-yonetmeni-bobby-roth-kocaelinde-27436457 |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=www.hurriyet.com.tr |language=tr}}</ref> "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"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-02-12 |title=FİLİNTA Bir Osmanlı Polisiyesi... Her Salı saat 19:55'te TRT1de... Haber {{!}} TRT 1 |url=http://www.trt1.com.tr/haber/filinta-bir-osmanli-polisiyesi-23-aralik-saat-19-55-te-trt1de/547300398a58c90830903384/15667 |access-date=2024-03-11 |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212022520/http://www.trt1.com.tr/haber/filinta-bir-osmanli-polisiyesi-23-aralik-saat-19-55-te-trt1de/547300398a58c90830903384/15667 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
== Spinoff == The characters of Zeyrek and Çeyrek reappear in he spinoff comedy series ''Zeyrek ile Çeyrek'' .<ref>{{cite web |date=June 16, 2015 |title=Zeyrek ile Çeyrek "Bir Ramazan Temaşası" Ramazan Boyunca TRT1'de |url=https://www.beyazperde.com/haberler/diziler/haberler-67834/}}</ref>
== Reception == President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his wife Emine have visited the production set, congratulating the production team.<ref name="RitmanGaluppo" />
==See also== Other productions by {{ill|ES Film|lt=Eastern Sunrise Films|tr|ES Film}}<!--Official website at http://www.easternsunrisefilms.com lists the TV and film productions-->: * ''Payitaht: Abdülhamid'' * ''The Ottoman Lieutenant''
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://filinta.com/}} * [http://www.easternsunrisefilms.com/project/filinta/ Filinta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209163729/http://www.easternsunrisefilms.com/project/filinta/ |date=February 9, 2020 }} at {{ill|ES Film|lt=Eastern Sunrise Films|tr|ES Film}}<!--From: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/promise-ottoman-lieutenant-two-movies-battle-armenian-genocide-996196 "Eastern Sunrise Film (or ES Film as it is sometimes called)" --> (production company) * {{IMDb title|4338234|Filinta}}
Category:2014 Turkish television series debuts Category:TRT 1 television dramas Category:Television series about the Ottoman Empire Category:Television series produced in Istanbul Category:Television shows set in Istanbul Category:Turkish television soap operas Category:Turkish-language television shows