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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(s) Turkish
No. of episodes 97
Production
Producer(s) 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, present)
Website

Kurtlar Vadisi - The Valley of the Wolves was a Turkish television drama that originally aired on Show TV. The show later moved to Kanal D and was subsequently acquired by ATV 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.

Kurtlar Vadisi became the most successful TV show in Turkey. 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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