• 2008
  • TV-PG
  • 1h 30m
Homicide Unit Istanbul

Summary Police commissioner Mehmet Özakin investigates serious crimes in Istanbul, using modern methods. Assisted by bachelor Mustafa Tombul, he balances work with a progressive home life, his wife Sevim being a university staff member. View more details

  • 2008
  • TV-PG
  • 1h 30m

Homicide Unit Istanbul

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Erden Alkan Oscar Ortega Sánchez Idil Üner Erol Sander

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Genres : Crime Drama

Release date : Oct 1, 2008

Countries of origin : Germany

Language : German

Summary Police commissioner Mehmet Özakin investigates serious crimes in Istanbul, using modern methods. Assisted by bachelor Mustafa Tombul, he balances work with a progressive home life, his wife Sevim being a university staff member. View more details

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Genres : Crime Drama

Release date : Oct 1, 2008

Countries of origin : Germany

Language : German

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Episode 1 • Oct 01, 2008
Die Tote in der Zisterne
Istanbul police commissioner Mehmet Özakin's former university mate Yunus, now a restaurant chain owner, asks him discretely to look for German tourist Anja Sonntag, who is later found murdered in the city's ancient cisterns. Flanked by Mustafa and Anja's best friend, unshakable German newspaper correspondent Monika Adler, Özakin investigates the case, which proves to tie in with country bakery daughter Kadriye's mysterious turning up at his home to ask help and sudden disappearance. Next to Anja's regular bathing resort hotel in Marmaris, to deputy Mustafa's delight, where animators bitterly disagree how to handle frisky female tourists. More murders follow and even an attempt on Mehmet's own life.
Episode 2 • Nov 04, 2009
Mord am Bosporus
Istanbul businessman Hüseyin Akdamar, who checked into a luxury hotel for sex with Ukrainian 'maid' Ludmilla Dubrynska, is fatally stabbed by a person in a burkah. Later Faruk Soydan suffers the same fate, while Ludmilla survives an attack. Commissioner Mehmet Özakin, whose wife Sevim bugs him about 'neglect', and his assistant Mustafa, whose mother bugs him with her health, investigate the victims' families, the survivor, ultra-Islamic circles the Akdamars belong to and a feminist anti-adultery-activist Fatma Colak.
Episode 3 • Nov 19, 2010
In deiner Hand
Commissioner Özakin has to postpone marital quality time after a puzzling bank robbery. The old guard, who strolled off for a snack, was shot outside, but probably not functionally for the theft, which was probably cued by the haughty US-trained female manager or her staff. Confidential client files, found in the murdered guard's home, lead to a web of family secrets. Meanwhile deputy commissioner Mustafa must contend with a woman searching for a son, 'abdcuted' by the father from Germany to Istanbul, and Muslim fasting.
Episode 4 • Dec 17, 2010
Die steinernen Krieger
Istanbul murder detective commissioner Mehmet Özakin and his deputy Mustafa Tombul investigate the murder of art gallery owner Alpay Ertem, found there skull smashed twice with a water bottle. In a nearby drain are found the smashed pieces of a priceless Byzantine era stone relief. Alpay filed for divorce from Leyla, who claims to be abused; he was likely to get custody of their two school age children, which his wealthy parents now claim. Leyla has an affair with her lawyer, Illhan Haci. The relief leads to links between the victim and someone in the Istanbul City Archeological Museum, but its director and the police chief want to avoid any scandal. New crimes are to follow.
Episode 5 • Jan 21, 2011
Der Preis des Lebens
Commissioner Mehmet Özakin is almost relieved that a purse-snatcher frees him from shopping all over Istanbul with his wife. It also puts him near the spot of a car explosion which kills the driver, newspaper reporter Ismet Baydar, who was digging into real estate corruption, yet the press prefers the more spectacular, albeit unfounded terror theory. While private and professional motives are investigated and informers are disproved, one is stabbed to death on her way to the precinct: Laila Kaleci, an employee of Dr. Fatih Arman's Antalya private clinic, who met Ismet just before and nearby the bombing. There Mehmet stumbles onto an elaborate cover-up, which somehow involves Baydar's widow and editor, rich German tourist Wagner and penniless shepherds like Sedar Gül.
Episode 6 • Mar 23, 2012
Blutsbande
Contractor Baha Güngür is found murdered. His building site must be shut down if the archaeological findings there prove real evidence it was emperor Theodius's long lost Bosporus port. Istanbul commissioner Mehmet Özakin, who grudgingly hosts German exchange student Rico from his wife's faculty, however soon suspects an unrelated motive after another killing, having found in both cases a newspaper clipping referring to a German tourist's hit and run death, for which a probably innocent man went to jail and committed suicide there. His theory to the actual culprits would mean spoiled-rotten pop star Tolga Turan may be the next victim.
Episode 7 • Sep 19, 2012
Transit
The cases of a murdered cab driver and his last passenger, abducted Iranian political refugee Nesrin Bahrami, must be linked. Commissioner Özakin's boss forbids investigating the role of the Iranian secret service, but their muscle comes into bloody action. Key are cab company owner Erdogan Önal, also suspected of contraband trade, ans somehow his wife and daughter and soon murdered brother, party-boy Tarik.
Episode 8 • Apr 10, 2013
Stummer Zeuge
Security firm owner Hunal and his wife were shot at home. Commissioner Mehmet Özakin must find their son Ersun, initially a suspect, actually the only witness, whom he saves from a masked killer thanks to a brave buddy Mourad, later must take home for lack of trustworthy relatives until his sister arrives. The next suspect, Hunal's former friend and fired employee, leads the investigation to the Istanbul Boxing Club.
Episode 9 • Apr 17, 2013
Rettet Tarlabasi
Istanbul contractor Hakan Demirkan is found murdered in his summer house, next to a voodoo doll. Commissioner Mehmet Özakin and assistant Mustafa first examine threats against Demirkan on account of his firm's controversially drastic development projects in the old neighborhood Tarlabasi. He had an adulterous affair with the shortly after murdered opposition lawyer's girlfriend, Yasemin Gül. Demirkan's wife Hanife, politically ambitious son Züli and business partner Cihan Baysal, a speculator, hide more secrets. A crippled ex-cop now detective's son, an (ex-?)junkie, is also involved.
Episode 10 • Oct 15, 2014
Die zweite Spur
Commissioner Özakin's team investigates the fatal stabbing with a blunt object of archaeology museum chief guard Halil Gezer, in the park. He was disliked as too strict and recently fired a former friend Koray Celik, who refused to forbid his son Sabri courting Halil's daughter Ayla. Museum director Nesrin Günes opposes the ministry's intent to 'return' the whole Egyptian collection to Cairo and failed to report many valuable pieces being missing, on account of another crime, and more is to follow.
Episode 11 • Nov 19, 2014
Das Ende des Alp Atakan
Leading Turkish costume soap star Emrah Öztürk is fatally and expertly shot at a gala event, or actually his double, as the producer admits having hired one since receiving grim threats, so either could be the intended victim. Commissioner Özakin must examine both men's colorful past, which links after all, as well as studio politics. Meanwhile the presumed shooter is arrested but released for lack of proof, and tries again.
Episode 12 • May 13, 2015
Der Broker vom Bosporus
Half-German Ergan Gül (36) is fatally stabbed and dumped in the Bosporus. He worked in the illegal call center section of a major Istanbul broker's firm, which used dummy companies and fake accounts to sell real estate to foreigners and Turkish former ex-pats seeking a cheap pensioner home. Ergan thus paid for his language studies. Commissioner Özakin must work out if he was killed be a cheated client, as appears, executed for dealing behind the firm's back or the victim of a more personal plot, possibly involving his teacher-lover.
Episode 13 • Nov 18, 2015
Ausgespielt
Commissioner Mehmet Özakin must interrupt his holiday, even misses a major football match, to respond stat when then bras demand Istanbul PD's 'best man' on the disappearance of German au pair Julia Bischoff, as the press an German embassy are on the case even before her corpse is fund in an alley. She worked for retired start player Erhan Senay, now co-managing the team coached by his father in law Atalay Akar. Mehmet and Mustafa' whose Internet dream date thus falls trough, investigate discrete Julia's secret night life, and her Norwegian student jobs agency colleague Carl Hansen, who gets beaten up. Both youth and the Senay family had suspicious dealings involving several star players, and the club in financial trouble resorted to dirty tricks. Even Julia's mother Iris hides something.
Episode 14 • Nov 25, 2015
Club Royal
Mehmet Özakin is at home alone, wife Sevim is away. He is only too happy to escape the chaos as a straw widower and rushes to his colleague Mustafa in the hospital. The young student Dilek awaits him there, accusing her ex-boyfriend Birol Baslan of raping her. In the alleged perpetrator's apartment, Özakin and his colleague find clear traces of a night of partying. Birol Baslan lies dead in his bed, covered with stab wounds and with dark strangle marks on his neck. Did Dilek kill him? Or was it Birol's new friend Djamila, who works as a dancer in the glamorous "Club Royal"? After all, he had invited Dilek, not her, to his luxurious apartment. The lavish lifestyle of the murdered puzzles the police: "Club Royal" operator Erkan Baschtir claims that his friend Birol kept himself afloat with odd jobs and otherwise lived at his own expense. It was rather by chance that Mehmet Özakin discovered that Birol was increasing his budget with the occasional drug deal and was just about to get into the lucrative business. Baschtir should provide the necessary start-up capital. Meanwhile, Özakin's investigations focus on Dilek. She knows more than she admits, and the Commissioner is sure that she also knows where the money that was meant for the cocaine, which has since disappeared, is. When the DNA of Dilek's friend Salih is found on the dead man's neck, things seem clear. But the new suspect is exonerated by Djamila, of all people, who Bashtir claims to have seen in front of Birol's house on the night of the crime. The discovery of the murder weapon in the kitchen of Baschtir's "Club Royal" strengthens the suspicion that Baschtir murdered his alleged friend. For his shrewd lawyer, however, it is an easy game to take the police off guard and keep the influential night club boss from the cell. As soon as he is free again, events roll over. Suddenly Dilek is in great danger.
Episode 15 • Sep 07, 2016
Im Zeichen des Taurus - Teil 1
Inspector Mehmet Özakin and his assistant Mustafa Tombul travel to Bangkok on an unusual mission. Your order is to hand over the mafia boss Worawit Luang, who has been arrested in Turkey, to the Thai authorities. No sooner have they delivered Luang than the foreign assignment goes completely out of control. Özakin and Mustafa are kidnapped in a bloody attack and taken to the gangsters' hideout in the middle of the jungle. There, Worawit's sister Fawaini makes them an extortionate offer: Özakin should free her brother from the maximum security prison, otherwise his partner will have to die. While Mustafa stays behind as a hostage, Özakin sets off on the dangerous rescue operation. He can't expect any help either from the local police chief Glomgool, who has an unfinished business with Luang, or from official Turkish officials. Left to his own devices, Özakin has 72 hours left. The only person he confides in is his casual acquaintance, Mina Lorentz, whom the inspector met on the plane. He soon realizes that his former mentor and friend Kayali also plays a key role in the case. During his rescue operation, Özakin gets caught between the fronts of a gang war and becomes the hunted himself. In order to save Mustafa from certain death, he puts his own life at risk.
Episode 16 • Sep 09, 2016
Im Zeichen des Taurus - Teil 2
Thanks to the courageous intervention of his colleague Mustafa Tombul, Inspector Mehmet Özakin survives the bomb blast in a tourist café. Two key figures in the current case died there before their eyes: a professional killer and the famous writer Cem Pasha. Ibrahim, who was filmed at the scene of the crime, comes under suspicion. To Özakin's astonishment, the secret service immediately spread the news of an attack by extremists as a fact. Inconsistencies soon appear in the official version. It was no coincidence that the two victims were sitting in the café during the attack - especially since one kidnapped the other's wife. After the liberation of Emine Pascha, Özakin continues to search for the true connections, because the flow of money does not lead to terrorist cells, as state security claims, but to dubious transactions by an import-export company called Taurus. The extremely rich businessman Ünal Öker and his opaque connections are targeted. The fact that Özakin stands protectively in front of Ibrahim's sister Dilara when state security put her through the wringer makes the investigator vulnerable.
Episode 17 • Jan 11, 2017
Ein Dorf unter Verdacht
An unsightly sight and a big surprise await inspector Mehmet Özakin during an evening operation. The charred body of murdered video blogger Can Türkman is found in a burned-out car. She is supposed to examine his charming neighbor, of all people, whom he wanted to get to know better at a promising dinner shortly before: the new pathologist Derya Güzel. So that no one notices anything of their familiarity, the two formalize their professional cooperation. During the autopsy, the excellent coroner determined that Türkman was already dead on impact. There are several approaches to Özakin's investigations, because investigative posts about democracy, homosexuality or women's rights not only brought joy to the blogger. His recent research into an abandoned mine made him unpopular even in his home village of Tepek. There, Özakin begins to research and finds out that something was wrong in Türkman's marriage as well. Rumors of an affair by his wife Selma are doing the rounds. But the secrets of the villagers seem to be well guarded and Özakin has to use all his skills to get behind the wall of silence and solve the case.
Episode 18 • Jan 18, 2017
Der verlorene Sohn
A street kid discovers the body of a convicted murderer who was only recently released from prison. Riza Bastürk had to atone for the death of his foster father and mentor, the famous star chef Süleyman Çamlik, for ten years. His death raises many questions. His parents, who have a small hairdressing business and were never able to provide him with an education, mourn their "lost" son. At the same time, his biological father comes under suspicion, as he was the last person to see Riza alive. But what motive for murder should he have? Was it an accident? a fall? With the help of the new pathologist Derya, who is also Inspector Mehmet Özakin's new neighbor, Özakin comes across clues that the key to the current one lies in the old case. All traces lead to Çamlik's widow, a dazzling society lady, and their son Deniz, for whom the dead man was like a brother for a long time. Until it became clear that Riza had a lot more talent than Deniz. Did he murder his rival because he knew too much about his existential difficulties and his business behind the glittering facade of the starred restaurant? When inspector Özakin finds evidence of illegal structures, a race against time begins.
Episode 19 • Mar 14, 2018
Der letzte Gast
A double murder leads inspector Mehmet Özakin to the gates of Istanbul: the taxi driver Mesut Demirci and the German businessman Andreas Borchert were shot dead in the coastal town of Aydogan. What initially looks like a deadly robbery turns out to be the precision work of a killer. But which of the two victims was the victim? Both the driver, who rebelled against mafia structures in the taxi industry, and his passenger had enemies. In the case of Borchert, even very powerful ones: shipowner Cetin Akbay, whose wife he stole years ago, and his daughter Filiz, who now runs the business. Özakin is puzzled by the fact that Borchert was on his way to his worst enemy. His investigation causes unrest in the isolated residential area where actors like Zeki and Soraya spend their weekends. All sides are putting pressure on the local police chief Nazim to close the explosive case as soon as possible - especially since a perpetrator seems to be found soon. Özakin, however, does not jump to conclusions. He only gets closer to the solution when another corpse appears.
Episode 20 • Mar 21, 2018
Tödliche Gier
Mahmoud Erbil, manager of Dursun Kara's huge construction firm, specialized in cheap but safe apartments, dies at night, drunk, by Molotov cocktail in his car. Mahmoud's near-adult son, student Burhan, wasn't on speaking terms with him, even had an affair with his young stepmother Hamida, and belonged to a artists collective squatting a site about to be wrecked by Durkan's firm. Owner Dursun Kara, senior managers Galip Saygun and Tufan Ünsal are suspects, like a fired employee, now waitress but having accessed the HQ in the fatal night to steal data, presuming unsafe material fraud, and mother of Kenan, who admires Burhan's graffiti artist alter-ego Neo, whose tags are on the crime site. The investigation proves dangerous for many people concerned.
Episode 21 • Mar 23, 2019
Thailand 1
Inspectors Özakin and Tombul travel to Bankok with a suspected member of a gang of human traffickers. After handing over their prisoner to Thai authorities, both inspectors are kidnapped. The prisoner's sister demands that Özakin liberates her brother - or else Tombul will die by a snake bite.
Episode 22 • Mar 23, 2019
Thailand 2
Özakin and the attorney have managed to free the prisoner. On their flight, they are ambushed. The rival Red Dragon gang kidnap the prisoner and leave Özakin bleeding in the ruined car. How can he save his colleague now?
Episode 23 • May 28, 2021
Entscheidung in Athen
A narrow shopping street in Athens, a spontaneous dress rehearsal - while Sevim waits in front of the boutique, Clara, the 17-year-old daughter of her partner Steffen, disappears from the changing room without a trace. When the local police do not take Sevim's missing person report seriously and Steffen seems to have been swallowed by the ground, she asks her ex-husband Mehmet Özakin for help. The Istanbul commissioner immediately rushes to the Greek capital. There he finds out that Clara is in the hands of kidnappers. Özakin suspects a connection to Steffen's journalistic work. In fact, the building contractor Deimos Tzanidis and the ambitious politician Sofia Boutaris have to fear a political scandal. With the kidnapping of Clara, who is being held in a construction container, Tzanidis wants to come into possession of Steffen's research. The fact that there is no trace of the investigative journalist also grabs the kidnappers' nerves. Meanwhile, Mehmet and Sevim Özakin have to learn again to act as a team. Both know: Rescuing Steffen and Clara is a race against time. The trail leads to a beach region that is suffering from sand theft in the construction industry. There they encounter the shopkeeper Hektor and another crime .
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