Valley of the Wolves (TV series)

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

Valley of the Wolves
Written byAhmet Yurdakul
Raci Şaşmaz
Bahadır Özdener
Mehmet Turgut
Directed byOsman Sınav
Mustafa Şevki Doğan
Serdar Akar
StarringNecati Şaşmaz
Özgü Namal
Selçuk Yöntem
Oktay Kaynarca
Theme music composerGökhan Kırdar
Country of originTurkey
Original languageTurkish
No. of episodes97
Production
ProducersOsman Sınav
Raci Şaşmaz
Running time80 minutes
Release
Original networkShow TV (2003-2005)
Kanal D (2005)
Original releaseTurkey
15 January 2003 - 29 December 2005
Chronology
Followed byValley of the Wolves: Terror (2007) (banned from broadcast)
Valley of the Wolves: Ambush (2007, 2016)

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.

Kurtlar Vadisi 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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