The Turkish Detective has gone down a storm with viewers since landing on the BBC in July. The series, which is based on Barbara Nadel's bestselling Inspector Ikmen novel series, follows London Met detective Detective Mehmet Süleyman, who lands a job in Istanbul's homicide unit led by eccentric Inspector Çetin Ikmen. Viewers have wasted no time binge-watching the word-of-mouth hit and have urged the BBC to commission a second season, which has yet to be green-lit.
Ethan Kai and Yasemin Kay Allen, who star as Süleyman and his police colleague Ayşe Farsakoğlu, sat down with HELLO! for an exclusive interview about season two. Warning! Spoilers for episode eight ahead! Series one ended with a huge plot twist as Süleyman discovered that his estranged father was responsible for supplying the dangerous drug Kayra Khan to the streets of Istanbul and that his ex-girlfriend Leyla had gotten close to exposing him before she was run down by a car. On what he'd like to happen in season two, Ethan said he'd "love" to explore Süleyman's life after discovering the truth about Leyla's hit-and-run.
"I'd certainly like to see his life beyond that and where he goes from here," said the star. "How he picks himself back up now that he's kind of settled a little bit more into Istanbul and learned the way things work." The actor, whose previous credits include Emmerdale and Killing Eve , said he'd been keen to see the evolving dynamic between crime-solving trio Süleyman, Ayşe, and .