Behzat C

About the series

Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi (Behzat Ç.: An Ankara Detective Story) is a cult Turkish police drama starring Erdal Beşikçioğlu as the head of Ankara’s homicide department. Based on Emrah Serbes’s novels Her Temas İz Bırakır and Son Hafriyat, it first aired on Star TV on 19 September 2010.

Plot

Behzat Ç. is a rough, violent and morally ambiguous detective who follows his own conscience rather than his superiors, or sometimes the law. Suspensions and reprimands have kept him in the same position for years while his colleagues rose through the ranks, and after a failed marriage he trusts almost no one.

His loyal team includes Harun, Hayalet (Ghost), Akbaba (Vulture), Cevdet, Selim and Eda. Together with prosecutor Esra, who becomes his love interest, they chase killers through the streets of Ankara, often getting dragged into cases far bigger than they expected.

Main cast

• Erdal Beşikçioğlu as Behzat Ç.
• Fatih Artman as Harun
• Canan Ergüder as prosecutor Esra

A franchise

After three seasons on Star TV (2010–2013), the series returned in 2019 with a fourth season on BluTV. It also spawned the films Behzat Ç.: Seni Kalbime Gömdüm, which won Erdal Beşikçioğlu the Golden Orange for Best Actor, and Behzat Ç.: Ankara Yanıyor, plus the spin-off Saygı.

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