Turkish detective movies

List of the best Turkish detective movies selected by visitors to our site: Code Name K.O.Z., İçerde, The Witness, Hunting Season, Black Money Love, Pera Palas'ta Gece Yarisi, Sahmaran, Behzat Ç.: Ankara Is on Fire, Let's Sin, The Cut.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 2
Genrecrime, detective
CountryTurkey

Political and social processes in recent and current Turkish political history.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryTurkey

Even though two brothers are completely separated from each other after the imprisoning of their father and the kidnapping of their twin brother, they meet by coincidence years after when both choose to enter the police academy.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryChina, South Korea
Duration01:22

A blind woman and a delivery boy attempt to solve a hit-and-run case the police have been unable to solve.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryTurkey
Duration02:20

Veteran homicide cop Ferman (Şener Şen) and his hot-headed partner İdris (Cem Yılmaz) team up with rookie cop and anthropology major Hasan (Okan Yalabık) to investigate the murder of a young woman. The suspects include her conservative family, who might have killed her for honor, her drug-dealing boyfriend and aged billionaire Battal (Çetin Tekindor) who had taken the victim as his second wife.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
CountryTurkey

Ömer is a police officer. After the death of his fiancée, he suffers great pain. The body of Sibel, Ömer's fiancée, was found on the top of a cliff, in a car next to a fairly old, rich business man. After the shock of her sudden death and the accusations of his love cheating on him, Ömer realizes that there is more behind her suspicious murder

Markimdb: 7
Genredrama, detective, history
CountryTurkey

At a historic Istanbul hotel, a journalist is thrust into the past and must stop a plot that could change the fate of modern Turkey.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, detective
CountryTurkey

When Sahsu goes to Adana for a lecture, it's the perfect chance to face her estranged grandfather. But soon, she finds herself in the midst of a legend.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryTurkey

In the absence of Behzat Ç., a superintendent named Himmet gets replaced as the president of the murder Bureau. When the murder of minister of Interior makes a big impact, Himmet decides to take advantage of it and he makes his team help the fight against terrorism bureau.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genreaction, drama, crime, detective
CountryTurkey

Selman is a former boxer who once was interested in anthropology, an extraordinary imam who now works in a mosque. One day, while praying in the mosque, gunshots are echoed. One of the people inside collapses and dies. The police come to the scene and collect the first evidence and start the investigation process. He takes action after this event and decides to resolve the case through some people and circumstances he suspects. Every clue leads to an unexpected point and the events become increasingly mysterious.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genredrama, adventure, detective, military, history
CountryGermany, France, Italy, Russia, Poland, Canada, Turkey, Jordan
Duration02:19

In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genremelodrama, drama, detective
CountryTurkey
Duration01:42

A beautiful girl who has everything. Charming, playful, in her own words: 'too joyful to fall in love.' A sudden car crash, and her heart stops for a few minutes. When she wakes up, everyone assures 'every-thing's alright.' But she knows it isn't. Because she cant remember her final month; a September of her life is missing. Leading a trail of hastily covered clues she finds herself in a remote Aegean island. A weird looking, grubby recluse, comes up-to him and proclaims: 'Don't you remember me? I'm the man you fell in love with.' Everything sensible about her screams 'get out of there' but she follows her memories right onto the tragic end of a miraculous affair.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryTurkey, France, Qatar

With Istanbul mired in political violence, Kadir is offered release after 15 years in prison if he’ll work as an informant. In a shantytown he stumbles upon his brother Ahmet, working for the city rounding up stray dogs and shutting himself in his home.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, family, detective
CountryTurkey

Deniz ends up in hospital and has to face the ghosts of past. She manages to discover herself and the hidden secrets in her family drawers.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genreaction, drama, crime, detective
CountryTurkey

Vali Faruk Yazıcı'nın en son görev yeri Denizli merkezli olacak filmin ana eksenine ise yine bir dünya ve Türkiye meselesi olan "enerji" konusu oturuyor. Bilindiği gibi Yeniçağ dünyasında gizli ve açık bir biçimde sergilenen politik oyunlar-komplolar ve uluslararası ilişkilerin çıkar noktasında enerji meselesi bulunuyor. Filmde, özellikle bu konuda Türkiye'nin ve Türk insanının içine çekilmeye çalışıldığı bir komploya tanık olacağız. Kısacası Vali, Türkiye çıkarlarını koruyup ülke insanlarının menfaati için elini taşın altına koyanlarla, taşları yukarıdan üstümüze yağdıran çıkar grupları arasındaki çekişmenin hikayesini anlatıyor…

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryTurkey

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Markimdb: 5.8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryFrance, Italy, Turkey
Duration02:08

When the young detective Paul Nerteaux finds the third slashed female corpse of illegal Turkish immigrants, he decides to ask for support to the experienced dark retired detective Jean-Louis Schiffer to chase the serial killer. Together, they infiltrate in the Turkish mafia trying to find the answer to the crimes. Meanwhile, the worker Anna Heymes is being submitted to a brain treatment and has severe headaches and glimpses of memories and visions. When these two parallel events collide, disclose that the Turkish organization "The Wolves" is behind them.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryTurkey

Cops question six people about the rape and murder of a beautiful vagrant.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, detective, military
CountryTurkey, Serbia and Montenegro
Duration02:29

Upon turning eight-teen, Salih leaves the orphanage to find his lost family and begins working in a Serbian farm. Suddenly, at the most unexpected moment he has found a home. Will he ever be able to let go of the ghosts of his past and be happy in this new life? As tension escalates disquieting secrets surface. A gripping tale of family, love and identity, My Mother's Wound follows Salih as he searches for a trail of hope amongst war-torn lives.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Turkey

The life of a young computer systems analyst is thrown into turmoil after arriving in Istanbul to start a new job. She soon finds her passport missing, her credit cards useless, her bank account empty and her identity stolen. As the story progresses we find people and events may not be what they seem ...

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, action, thriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Canada, France, Turkey
Duration01:41

    The only U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, Carrie Stetko will soon leave the harsh environment behind for good – in three days, the sun will set and the Amundsen-Scott Research Station will shut down for the long winter. When a body is discovered out on the open ice, Carrie's investigation into the continent's first homicide plunges her deep into a mystery that may cost her her own life.

    Markimdb: 8.7
    Genrecomedy, crime, detective
    CountryTurkey

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    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, detective
    CountryFrance, Italy, Turkey

    A melancholy man meets a stunning, mysterious woman while he is traveling, and discovers she may or may not be involved in a prostitution ring. She disappears after their relationship lasts a few days, and though he searches for her, those around him pretend not to know who he is speaking of.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantasy, detective
    CountryTurkey

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    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, adventure, family, sport
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:42

    Brennan is Liverpool's number one fan, able to recite facts ad infinitum about the club and at a public school in the south of England since his father Gareth is emotionally unable to care for him following the death of Will's mother. Gareth appears one day out of the blue with tickets for Liverpool's trip to the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    When Krisha returns to her estranged family for Thanksgiving dinner, past demons threaten to ruin the festivities.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:28

    The little swift Manou grows up believing he's a seagull. Learning to fly he finds out he never will be. Shocked, he runs away from home. He meets birds of his own species and finds out who he really is. When both seagulls and swifts face a dangerous threat, Manou becomes the hero of the day.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama, military, history
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:51

    In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantasy, drama, adventure
    CountryGermany, United Kingdom, South Africa, Czech Republic
    Duration03:00

    Jumping back and forth between modern and medieval France, the lives of two women separated by centuries, are united in their search for an ancient artifact.

    Markimdb: 2.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    Fowl-mouthed villain Turkie carves through the likes of a rapping grandma, a mindless puppet, a wig-wearing inventor, a bisexual space worm, and their equally ridiculous friends on his quest to recover the last copy of "ThanksKilling 2". Also known as "Turkeys, In, Space!".

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryBelgium, Netherlands, Croatia, Bulgaria

    The King of the Belgians is on a state visit in Istanbul when his country falls apart. He must return home at once to save his kingdom. But a solar storm causes airspace and communications to shut down. No planes. No phones. With the help of a British filmmaker and a troupe of Bulgarian folk singers, the King and his entourage manage to escape over the border. Incognito. Thus begins an odyssey across the Balkans during which the King discovers the real world - and himself.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, military
    CountryIran

    Two Iranian pilots are in a special mission to save the people of a Syrian city who are surrounded by the terrorists. But they have to face many challenges before manage to accomplish their mission.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountrySpain, France, USA
    Duration01:56

    Tad Jones, the most awkward explorer, must rescue his beloved Sara from a millionaire who is looking for King Midas' necklace.

    Markimdb: 3.9
    Genrehorror
    CountryUSA

    Prison inmate Miles Barrett is ripped awake in the middle of the night by a terrifying crash, gunfire, and the sickening screams of a man being torn apart. Something is loose in the prison - and it's coming for Miles...

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:30

    Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.

    Markimdb: 3.6
    Genrecomedy, family
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:30

    Valentine - a tough, cold-blooded owner of a large travel company, got a complex task in a country where a woman, regardless of her professionalism, can not success in business - Turkey. So she calls two workers of the Urals branch - Dima and Misha for help.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, biography, history
    CountryUSA, Morocco
    Duration03:10

    A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

    During WWII the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, action, cartoon, anime
    CountryJapan
    Duration01:30

    An elite superhuman agent must stop a foreign military unit from seizing control of an ancient artifact that holds the key to ultimate power.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, sport
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:34

    Mark is an arm wrestler and dreams of becoming a champion. Jin-ki is a promoter and he dreams of turning his life around by using Mark. But then Marks sister Soo-jin appears and changes the live of everyone.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrecomedy
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:33

    Andrey is a handsome veterinarian with a successful Moscow pet clinic. Popular with ladies among his upscale clientele, he is forced to leave town when the jealous husband of one of them hires a hitman.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrecomedy, sport
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Two down on their luck Liverpool cabbies, Tommy and Gerry, strike an unusual deal with a local gangster to take their sons on a trip of a lifetime, to watch their beloved football team play in the European Cup Final in Istanbul. Hoping to use the trip as a chance to bond with their sons, big trouble awaits them in the form of a sexy hotel chambermaid, two ruthless crooks on a mission and a bag of counterfeit cash. It is 3-0 down at half time and things could not be more desperate both on and off the pitch. Stevie G and the boys in red are trying to launch the most amazing football comeback in history, and Tommy is in deep water, being held hostage. With the clock ticking and time running out, a miracle is needed fast. In the end a bit of faith, and Gerry’s lucky underpants may be the only thing that can get them and the cup back home in one piece.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA, Armenia
    Duration01:40

    A US Senator's son who attempts to forget the break up of his fiancée is forced to vacation in Turkey by his best friends. A para-sailing trip mishap lands him in a small village in Armenia, where he is accused of being a spy. It is there he meets a young woman who helps him to escape from misfortune.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:34

    Hartmut Mackowiak, a German taxi driver, tries to help 6 year old Turkish girl to find her mother.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama, military
    CountryCanada, France
    Duration01:33

    A variety of characters, some close relatives, others distant strangers, are each affected by the making of a film about the Armenian Genocide of 1915.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama
    CountryNorway, Germany, Iraq
    Duration01:45

    Before Snowfall starts with a dramatic escape: Eighteen year-old Nermin runs away from her wedding in a village in Iraqi Kurdistan. Being the elder of the family, her younger brother Siyar becomes responsible for finding her and restoring the family reputation. The mission proves a dangerous one for the inexperienced Siyar. First stop is Istanbul, where he meets Elvin, a young girl who becomes his travel companion. On the way from east to west, through Europe and all the way to Norway, Siyar comes to realize his own need for respect, and for love.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, Canada
    Duration02:27

    In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama
    CountryUSA, Germany, France

    Many years after her notorious husband, Henry Fool, fled after killing a neighbor, Fay Grim receives a visit from CIA agent Fulbright, who tells her that Henry is dead, but that some of his journals have been unearthed in France. She sets forth on a globe-trotting odyssey that soon leads to the discovery that he is alive, and his journals are more than they appear to be.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, history
    CountryItaly, Bulgaria, Spain, France, Germany
    Duration02:02

    The Lark Farm is set in a small Turkish town in 1915. It deals with the genocide of Armenians, looking closely at the fortunes, or rather, misfortunes of one wealthy Armenian family.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:41

    After living 45 years in Germany, the Turkish Hüseyin Yilmaz, seventy, announces to his family that he has bought a house in Turkey and they should return to make the necessary reforms. The idea is unwelcome and causes very heated discussions. In addition, Canan, a granddaughter of Hüseyin, announces she is pregnant and the father is her English boyfriend, and no one knew anything. To comfort his cousin Cenk, a child of six years, who was humiliated at school and labeled as "foreign", Canan tells a fantastic story about how they left Turkey and went to Germany.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
    CountrySpain, USA
    Duration02:29

    Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.




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