''Filinta'' is a Turkish detective fiction television drama series created for

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by Yusuf Esenkal and Serdar Öğretici. Filmed in Seka Park Film studio, it was shot in

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in the largest

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ever built in the history of Turkish TV series. The series, the first detective TV fiction set in the Ottoman period, premiered on TRT1 in Turkey on December 23, 2014. It aired until 2016. it was one of the most expensive television series in Turkey. According to ''

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'', a source described Filinta as "like a crude Ottoman ''

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''".

Cast

Production

In 2014

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directed extra scenes for the series. "The series' set is one ot Europe's largest television sets and includes an exact replica of the old city of

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, including its tram; it was built on a 40,000 m2 set (on a 300,000 m2 plot) in Izmit"

Spinoff

The characters of Zeyrek and Çeyrek reappear in he spinoff comedy series ''Zeyrek ile Çeyrek'' .

Reception

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and his wife

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have visited the production set, congratulating the production team.

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