Valley of the Wolves (TV series)
Turkish TV series
Valley of the Wolves (Turkish: Kurtlar Vadisi) is a Turkish crime drama television series created by Osman Sınav and Raci Şaşmaz, which originally aired on Show TV. 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. The show was subsequently acquired by Kanal D for its final season.
Valley of the Wolves 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.
Guest appearances for the series included Rauf Denktaş, founding president of Northern Cyprus; as well as Andy García and Sharon Stone.
Premise
Ali Candan (played by Raci Şaşmaz), who has carried out many successful operations abroad on behalf of the KGT, was called back to Turkey while he was in Kosovo by his superior, Aslan Akbey (Selçuk Yöntem), and assigned his most critical mission: the Valley of the Wolves Operation. The goal of this mission is to dismantle the Wolves’ Council, the most powerful mafia organization, of which Mehmet Karahanlı (Zafer Ergin) is the baron. This task is no easy feat, as the Wolves’ Council is incredibly powerful, controlling an amount of money equivalent to half of Turkey’s annual national income.
Production
Conception
In June 2002, Show TV asked director Osman Sınav to create a Turkish version of the American series Wiseguy.
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