CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV: Cocky, reckless...
this Istanbul cop is Turkey's answer to Gene Hunt By Christopher Stevens Published: 23:10, 8 July 2024 | Updated: 23:10, 8 July 2024 e-mail View comments Screaming toddlers and paper-thin hotel walls. Cold poached eggs on your 'full English' breakfast. That hen party from Wolverhampton hogging the karaoke.
Turkey can be a great place for a budget package holiday, but it's a gamble. So many things might ruin it — though you have to hope your all-inclusive deal doesn't feature a corpse in the swimming pool. Istanbul multi-millionaire Mesut (Baris Kislak), on The Turkish Detective, wasn't the sort to book a budget twin room at a three-star resort.
His luxury villa was practically a private hotel for one. But he still ended up in the deep end, face down and strangled. If you encounter something similar on your hols, ask for a refund.
Mind you, there shouldn't be any trouble finding a poolside sun lounger after that. Adapted from the crime novels by Barbara Nadel (more than two dozen of them), The Turkish Detective plunges into a world hidden from tourists. Haluk Bilginer plays Inspector Cetin Ikmen, a showboating maverick and chain-smoker whose team hero-worships him.
The Turkish Detective, from left to right, Ayse Farsakoglu (Yasemin Kay Allen), Cetin Ikmen (Haluk Bilginer), Mehmet Suleyman (Ethan Kai) A refugee from Scotland Yard, Mehmet Suleyman (Ethan Kai) — rulebound, smart, eager to impress but shocked by hi.
