Behzat Ç.: An Ankara Detective Story (Behzat Ç.: Bir Ankara Polisiyesi) (translated)

Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi is a Turkish police procedural adapted from Emrah Serbes's novels "Her Temas İz Bırakır" and "Son Hafriyat." First aired on Star TV on September 19, 2010, it tells its Ankara murder cases in a hard, bleak register. Three seasons on Star TV were followed in 2019 by a short fourth on BluTV, for 105 episodes in all; it also reached cinema and gained a cult following.

At its center is Behzat Ç., played by Erdal Beşikçioğlu: a police chief who graduated from the Police Academy in 1985 and, thanks to countless reprimands, has been stuck in the same position for years while peers reach the top. He heeds neither superiors nor, at times, the law, only his conscience. His daughter Berna is the one person he truly cares about. His six-person unit is Harun, Hayalet, Akbaba, Selim, Cevdet and Eda, with prosecutor Esra. Cast includes İnanç Konukçu, Fatih Artman, Berkan Şal, Ahmet Kural, Canan Ergüder, Hazal Kaya and Mine Tugay.

Serdar Akar directs for Adam Film and Inter Medya. A film made after the first season delayed the second; another followed on November 1, 2013. The fourth season, six years later, was shorter, with major cast changes. Ercüment Çözer's character went on to anchor the spin-off Saygı.