Cops and Robbers (Hırsız Polis) (translated)

Hırsız Polis is a police series produced by TMC Film and shown on Kanal D. By the record it ran for two seasons and 50 episodes between 2005 and 2007. It is known abroad as Love Outside the Law. The show is credited with a Golden Butterfly Award in the best series category. The theme music was made by Orient Expressions. The publisher C Blok released a book, Hırsız Polis: Aşkın Kanunu Olmaz, made of dialogue from the show, interviews with the director and actors, and set photographs.

The story takes place in Istanbul, inside a car-theft gang. Mavi, a member of the gang, is played by Özlem Düvencioğlu; Timuçin Esen plays Inspector Çınar Tarhan, who is trying to catch the gang. Uğur Yücel plays Aksak, the leader who trained Mavi as a thief from childhood. A love triangle forms among the three.

Among the supporting characters are Mavi's brother Ali Rıza (Murat Daltaban), her sister Ümit (Cansu Koç) and the upstairs neighbor Fulya (Vahide Perçin). Aksak's gang includes Arsen Lüpen, Jilet (Dağhan Külegeç) and Kaporta Yakup (Hakan Boyav), and Rasim Öztekin plays Chief Inspector Selahattin.