


Season 2 • Episode 30
Latest"Carbine" The first Ottoman crime show of television history, -Filinta- is a show that presents notions of rights, justice, camaraderie, fellowship and love. Mustafa is a very smart, skillful, handsome young man. He serves as a policeman with his best friend Ali, who is also an orphan like Mustafa. Kadı Gıyaseddin is a -kadı- (judge) who belongs to a well-established family, and was trained in Damascus, Bukhara, Cairo and Konya from an early age. He is of an easy-going and coolheaded temperament. He shows us his refined wisdom in every scene. He also has trained sultans sons at the palace. He is a former mentor of the Sultan. Our story begins with a conspiracy against Mustafa and Ali.
Production
Lavish 19th-century Istanbul sets that cost a small fortune
Costume
Those kaftans and fezzes absolutely understood the assignment
Writing
Actual Ottoman legal procedure woven into crime plots
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filinta is actually a real Ottoman term for police officers who patrolled on foot, distinguishing them from mounted units.
The show sparked renewed Turkish interest in 19th-century judicial history, with universities using clips in law courses. The Kadı character specifically reflects the historical fusion of religious and secular law in Ottoman courts.
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