Kurtlar_Vadisi

*Valley of the Wolves*
Valley of the Wolves
Written by	Ahmet Yurdakul; Raci Şaşmaz; Bahadır Özdener; Mehmet Turgut
Directed by	Osman Sınav; Mustafa Şevki Doğan; Serdar Akar
Starring	Necati Şaşmaz; Özgü Namal; Selçuk Yöntem; Oktay Kaynarca
Theme music composer	Gökhan Kırdar
Country of origin	Turkey
Original language	Turkish
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	97
Production
Producers	Osman Sınav; Raci Şaşmaz
Running time	80 minutes
Original release
Network	Show TV (2003–2005); Kanal D (2005)
Release	15 January 2003 –; 29 December 2005
Related
	Valley of the Wolves: Terror (2007) (banned from broadcast) ; Valley of the Wolves: Ambush (2007, 2016);

<i>Valley of the Wolves</i> (TV series)

Valley of the Wolves (TV series)

Turkish TV series

'Valley of the Wolves' (Turkish: Kurtlar Vadisi) is a Turkish television drama that originally aired on Show TV. The show was subsequently acquired by Kanal D for its final season.

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The show focuses on the protagonist Agent Polat Alemdar, an undercover operative who joins the mafia and becomes the partner of a known mafia gunman, Süleyman Çakır. The show makes direct and indirect references to Turkish politics.

Valley of the Wolves became the most successful TV show in Turkey.^[1] Multiple successful feature films were made based on the show, including Valley of the Wolves: Iraq, Valley of the Wolves: Gladio and Valley of the Wolves: Palestine.

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"Most Popular TV Series With Country of Origin Turkey". IMDb.

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Actor	Character	About
Necati Şaşmaz	Polat Alemdar	An intelligence agent trained by Aslan Akbey the spymaster to bringing down the Turkish mafia.
Özgü Namal	Elif Eylül	Ali Candan's girlfriend, lawyer
Selçuk Yöntem	Aslan Akbey	Polat's mentor. Controls the KGT. Trained by Doğu Eşrefoğlu.
Oktay Kaynarca	Süleyman Çakır	A crime boss at the head of the Istanbul mafia, who later became friends with Polat Alemdar.
Gürkan Uygun	Memati Baş	Süleyman Çakır's right arm.
Nihat Nikerel	Seyfo Dayı	Loyal man of rowdy Duran Şatıroğlu. Full name: Seyfullah Yördem
Kenan Çoban	Abdülhey Çoban	Polat Alemdar's fellow.
Erhan Ufak	Güllü Erhan	Nephew of Seyfo Dayı (Uncle Seyfo). Full name:Erhan Ufuk
İpek Tenolcay	Nesrin Çakır	Süleyman Çakır's wife and Laz Ziya's older daughter.
Seray Sever	Derya Çakır	Çakır's sister.
Müge Ulusoy	Meral Yılmaz	Nesrin Çakır's sister, Laz Ziya's younger daughter.
Hande Kazanova	Canan Çavan	Elif's friend, also a lawyer.
Begüm Kütük	Safiye Karahanlı	Mehmet Karahanlı's daughter. Uses the name Sophie in Canada.
Güven Hokna	Nergiz Karahanlı	Mehmet Karahanlı's wife and Safiye's mother.
Altan Akışık	Doğu Eşrefoğlu	Aslan Akbey's mentor.
Emin Olcay	Ömer Candan	Polat's non-biological father
İnci Melis Pars / Serpil Tamur	Nazife Candan	Polat's non-biological mother

Actor	Character	About
Zafer Ergin	Mehmet Karahanlı	Don of the Turkish mafia and Baron of the council.
Attila Olgaç	Kılıç	Right arm and the consigliere of Karahanlı.
İstemi Betil	Laz Ziya	Leading gun smuggler of the council.
Baykal Saran	Hüsrev Ağa	Leading drug trafficker of the council.
Tarık Ünlüoğlu	Testere Necmi	Leading executioner of the council. Karahanlı's left arm.
Nişan Şirinyan	Samuel Vanunu	Responsible for the foreign policies of the council.
Adnan Biricik	Nizamettin Güvenç	Responsible for the legal matters regarding the council.
Haldun Boysan	Tombalacı Mehmet	Responsible for the casinos.
İsmail İncekara	İplikçi Nedim	Operates the money of the council members, joined later.
Osman Wöber	Tuncay Kantarcı	Runs the customs for the council, joined later
Sönmez Atasoy	Halil İbrahim Kapar	Drug trafficker of the council, joined later.

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Valley of the Wolves (TV series)

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Valley of the Wolves

Written by	Ahmet Yurdakul Raci Şaşmaz Bahadır Özdener Mehmet Turgut
Directed by	Osman Sınav Mustafa Şevki Doğan Serdar Akar
Starring	Necati Şaşmaz Özgü Namal Selçuk Yöntem Oktay Kaynarca
Theme music composer	Gökhan Kırdar
Country of origin	Turkey
Original language	Turkish
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	97
Production
Producers	Osman Sınav Raci Şaşmaz
Running time	80 minutes
Original release
Network	Show TV (2003–2005) Kanal D (2005)
Release	15 January 2003 (2003-01-15) – 29 December 2005 (2005-12-29)
Related
Valley of the Wolves: Terror (2007) (banned from broadcast) Valley of the Wolves: Ambush (2007, 2016)