Runtime: | 80 minutes |
Director: | Osman Sınav Mustafa Şevki Doğan Serdar Akar |
Producer: | Osman Sınav Raci Şaşmaz |
Starring: | Necati Şaşmaz Özgü Namal Selçuk Yöntem Oktay Kaynarca |
Theme Music Composer: | Gökhan Kırdar |
Country: | Turkey |
Language: | Turkish |
Network: | Show TV (2003–2005) Kanal D (2005) |
Num Seasons: | 4 |
Num Episodes: | 97 |
'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 , and .
Guest appearances for the series included Rauf Denktaş, founding president of Northern Cyprus; as well as Andy García and Sharon Stone.
Actor | Character | About |
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An intelligence agent trained by Aslan Akbey the spymaster to bringing down the Turkish mafia. | ||
Elif Eylül | Ali Candan's girlfriend, lawyer | |
Aslan Akbey | Polat's mentor. Controls the KGT. Trained by Doğu Eşrefoğlu. | |
Süleyman Çakır | A crime boss at the head of the Istanbul mafia, who later became friends with Polat Alemdar. | |
Memati Baş | Süleyman Çakır's right arm. | |
Seyfo Dayı | Loyal man of rowdy Duran Şatıroğlu. Full name: Seyfullah Yördem | |
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. | |
Safiye Karahanlı | Mehmet Karahanlı's daughter. Uses the name Sophie in Canada. | |
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 | |
Actor | Character | About | |
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Mehmet Karahanlı | Don of the Turkish mafia and Baron of the council. | ||
Kılıç | Right arm and the consigliere of Karahanlı. | ||
Laz Ziya | Leading gun smuggler of the council. | ||
Hüsrev Ağa | Leading drug trafficker of the council. | ||
Testere Necmi | Leading executioner of the council. Karahanlı's left arm. | ||
Samuel Vanunu | Responsible for the foreign policies of the council. | ||
Nizamettin Güvenç | Responsible for the legal matters regarding the council. | ||
Tombalacı Mehmet | Responsible for the casinos. | ||
İplikçi Nedim | Operates the money of the council members, joined later. | ||
Tuncay Kantarcı | Runs the customs for the council, joined later | ||
Halil İbrahim Kapar | Drug trafficker of the council, joined later. |