Valley of the Wolves (TV series)
Valley of the Wolves | |
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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 episodes | 97 |
Production | |
Producers | Osman Sınav Raci Şaşmaz |
Running time | 80 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | Show TV (2003–2005) Kanal D (2005) |
Original release | Turkey 15 January 2003 – 29 December 2005 |
Chronology | |
Followed by | Valley of the Wolves: Terror (2007) (banned from broadcast) Valley of the Wolves: Ambush (2007, 2016) |
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.
The show focuses on 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.
Cast[]
Main characters[]
Actor | Character | About |
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Necati Şaşmaz | Polat Alemdar | An agent working for the state, trained by Aslan Akbey |
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 mafia, who later became friends with Polat. |
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. |
Güllü Erhan | Nephew of Seyfo Dayı (Uncle Seyfo). Full name:Erhan Ufuk | |
Nesrin Çakır | Süleyman Çakır's wife and Laz Ziya's older daughter. | |
Derya Çakır | Çakır's sister. | |
Meral Yılmaz | Nesrin Çakır's sister, Laz Ziya's younger daughter. | |
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. |
Doğu Eşrefoğlu | Aslan Akbey's mentor. | |
Ömer Candan | Polat's non-biological father | |
/ | Nazife Candan | Polat's non-biological mother |
Council of the Wolves[]
Actor | Character | About |
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Zafer Ergin | Mehmet Karahanlı | Baron of the council. |
Kılıç | Baron's right arm. | |
Laz Ziya | Leading gun smuggler of the council. | |
Hüsrev Ağa | Leading drug trafficker of the council. | |
Testere Necmi | Leading executioner of the council. | |
Samuel Vanunu | Responsible for the foreign policies of the council. | |
Nizamettin Güvenç | Responsible for the legal matters regarding the council. | |
Haldun Boysan | Tombalacı Mehmet | Responsible for the casinos. |
İplikçi Nedim | Operates the money of the council members. | |
Tuncay Kantarcı | Runs the customs for the council. | |
Halil İbrahim Kapar | Drug trafficker of the council, who joined later. |
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Categories:
- Turkish drama television series
- Television series about organized crime
- 2000s Turkish television series
- 2003 Turkish television series debuts
- 2005 Turkish television series endings
- Show TV original programming
- Kanal D original programming
- Works about organized crime in Turkey