Evidence (Kanıt) (translated)

ANS Productions made Kanıt (“Evidence”), a Turkish crime series shown on Kanal D from 2010 to 2013. It ran for three seasons and ended on February 3, 2013, with its 100th episode; reruns later aired on Teve2. Abdullah Oğuz produced it, Ahmet Saatçioğlu wrote the scripts, and Cem Sürücü and Biray Dalkıran directed. The stories are credited to the forensic science expert Sevil Atasoy and are said to be partly inspired by real-life cases.

The format differs from an ordinary detective show. In each episode the homicide detectives of Istanbul, Chief Inspector Orhan and Inspector Selim, chase a new murder. Recurring characters help the inquiry: a crime scene investigator, a criminology lab technician and an autopsy doctor, joined after episode 40 by an informatics expert. The crime scene investigator and the criminologist were each replaced three times over the 100 episodes, and twice a second inspector briefly joined the team.

The narrator is Prof. Dr. Sevil Atasoy, who breaks into the story to explain the evidence and the detectives' methods. Her motto is “There is no perfect murder.” The cast included Engin Benli, Serenay Aktaş, Gökhan Karacık, Gonca Cilasun and Balamir Emren.