Filinta

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, 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 The Hollywood Reporter, a source described Filinta as "like a crude Ottoman Downton Abbey".

Production
In 2014 Bobby Roth 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 Pera, 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
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his wife Emine have visited the production set, congratulating the production team.