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 Gürkan Uygun |
| Theme music composer | Gökhan Kırdar |
| Country of origin | Turkey |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 97 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Osman Sınav Raci Şaşmaz |
| Running time | 60–80 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Show TV (2003–2005) Kanal D (2005) |
| Release | January 15, 2003 – December 29, 2005 |
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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 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.
Guest appearances for the series included Rauf Denktaş, founding president of Northern Cyprus; as well as Andy García and Sharon Stone.
Cast
[edit]Main characters
[edit]| 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 |
Council of the Wolves
[edit]| 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. |