Director: Devrim Yalçin
The Hammer and the Rose: A Behzat Ç. Story is a 2024 Turkish crime series that continues the long-running saga of a homicide detective known across the franchise as Behzat Ç. Adapted from the fiction of novelist Emrah Serbes and directed by Devrim Yalçin, the show pairs methodical police work with character-driven drama across its extended episodes.
What is Cekic Ve Gul Bir Behzat C Hikayesi about?
The series is set in Ankara, where a veteran homicide inspector carries out his duties with blunt methods and a weary outlook inside an overstretched police unit. Each case pulls the team through the city's institutions and its quieter back streets, where formal procedure keeps colliding with personal loyalty. Across the season, investigations test the cohesion of the squad while the inspector manages strained relationships with colleagues and superiors. Grounded in Emrah Serbes's writing, the story sets grim casework beside a dry, understated humor, following both the routine grind of detective work and the weight it places on the people who do it.
Cast & crew
Erdal Beşikçioğlu takes the central role of the title detective, a part closely associated with him throughout the franchise. The surrounding ensemble includes İnanç Konukçu, Berkan Şal, Ege Aydan, Güven Kıraç, Evliya Aykan, Ayça Eren, and Burak Dakak, who portray members of the investigative unit and the recurring figures around it. Together the cast fills out the working world of the squad and the personal relationships that run alongside its casework.
Context & significance
The Behzat Ç. character originates in the novels of Emrah Serbes and had already appeared in earlier Turkish television and film adaptations before this 2024 continuation. Devrim Yalçin directs the series, whose episodes run roughly 65 minutes each and are categorized under action and adventure, drama, and crime. Produced in Turkey, the show belongs to the country's established tradition of long-form crime storytelling. This entry extends a familiar property into an internet-series format while drawing on the same literary foundation that shaped its predecessors, keeping the detective and his unit at the center of the drama.
Where & how to watch
The Hammer and the Rose: A Behzat Ç. Story streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, making it accessible to Farsi-speaking viewers. Watching requires signing in with a free K-Time account, while this page itself can be read without logging in. K-Time serves the Iranian diaspora through a Farsi interface built around Persian-speaking audiences.