Behzat Ç.: Bir Ankara Polisiyesi

This series is interesting to view in terms of an insight into the Turkish way of life. The story lines are sometimes good and sometimes totally crazy. The characters are extremely well acted but at times annoying to watch which is what they are supposed to be and is a tribute to the professionalism of the actors. To complete the series is a marathon. Individual episodes are complete in themselves but there are several continuing story lines which attract you to the next episode to see what happens. What is fascinating is portrayal of the way policing operates in Turkish Muslem society and how citizens and police have to be wary of potentially corrupt entities within a highly authoritarian state. With potentially 150 hours of watching time I suspect not many people will make it to the end.

The best part of the series is that it tells the whole story with all its naturalness.The best example of how to deal with American TV series with a simple budget.

Although this series takes a whole chunk of your life since each of the 97 or so episodes is between 1.5 to 2 hours long, you will enjoy watching it much more than doing anything else in the same amount of time. The characters are very well rounded and the acting is brilliant. The actor who plays Behzat really lives the role. He is totally believable and although I could have lived without every second word being an F word (and very creatively used F words to boot!), the bad language did suit the characters' characters. The story line was very well crafted with unexpected twists. Two of the writers' triumphs were the characters of Bashgat Memdez (spelling undoubtedly wrong) and the psychopathic Ercüment Çözer. I just loved the humorous lines they were given as they killed right, left and centre. Another favourite of mine was Behzat's brother, Sevket. He was annoying in a very entertaining way. Harum was more difficult to handle but well you can't choose your co-workers I suppose. There was only one ridiculous episode and that was a dream sequence which really was a waste of time, but the rest of the series was absolutely first class and if they brought out another series I'd be happy to spend another 200 hours watching it!

Saw this on NETFLIX. Gave me a great view on what Turkish life and customs and political issues . I was sad to see it end at 96 episodes as I felt like I was loosing friends. I know they are only TV characters, but still I wonder what happened to them, how their lives went. That is what a great TV series should do it should make you feel the characters are real and care about them.

Finally it comes back. Thanks to blutv, (it's kinda Turkish Netflix) we'll meet with our captain on July 2019. I've missed all characters so much. They're like my family. Every Turkish boy had crush on Sule while serie was on screen.