# Filinta
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{{Use American English|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Filinta An Ottoman Detective Fiction.jpg
| genre = {{plainlist|
* [Historic](/source/Historic)
* [Detective fiction](/source/Detective_fiction)
}}
| based_on = {{Based on|''[Filinta Galata](/source/Filinta_Galata)''|[Tamer Çıray](/source/Tamer_%C3%87%C4%B1ray)}}
| starring = [Onur Tuna](/source/Onur_Tuna)
Cem Uçan
Damla Aslanalp
[Mehmet Özgür](/source/Mehmet_%C3%96zg%C3%BCr)
| composer = [Tamer Çıray](/source/Tamer_%C3%87%C4%B1ray)
| country = Turkey
| language = Turkish
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 56
(149 on [YouTube](/source/YouTube) shortened)
| executive_producer = {{plainlist|
* Yusuf Esenkal
* Serdar Öğretici
}}
| location = {{plainlist|
* Turkey
|runtime = 105 minutes
|channel = [TRT 1](/source/TRT_1)
}}
| first_aired = {{Start date|2014|12|23}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2016|04|22}}
| related = {{Plainlist|
* ''[Payitaht: Abdülhamid](/source/Payitaht%3A_Abd%C3%BClhamid)''
}}
}}
'''''Filinta''''' is a Turkish detective fiction television drama series created for [TRT1](/source/TRT1) by Yusuf Esenkal and Serdar Öğretici. Filmed in Seka Park Film studio, it was shot in [İzmit](/source/%C4%B0zmit) in the largest [film set](/source/Set_(film_and_TV_scenery)) ever built in the history of Turkish TV series.
The series, the first detective TV fiction set in the Ottoman period,[{{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}}][{{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}}] premiered on TRT1 in Turkey on December 23, 2014.[{{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}}] It aired until 2016.[{{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](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)|date=2017-04-21|access-date=2019-05-15}}] {{As of|2017}} it was one of the most expensive television series in Turkey.[ According to ''[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)'', a source described Filinta as "like a crude Ottoman ''[Downton Abbey](/source/Downton_Abbey)''".][{{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}}] "The series' set is one ot Europe's largest television sets and includes an exact replica of the old city of [Pera](/source/Galata), including its tram; it was built on a 40,000 m2 set (on a 300,000 m2 plot) in [Izmit](/source/%C4%B0zmit)"[{{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 }}]
== Spinoff ==
The characters of Zeyrek and Çeyrek reappear in he spinoff comedy series ''Zeyrek ile Çeyrek'' .[{{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/}}]
== Reception ==
[President of Turkey](/source/President_of_Turkey) [Recep Tayyip Erdoğan](/source/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan) and his wife [Emine](/source/Emine_Erdo%C4%9Fan) have visited the production set, congratulating the production team.