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Theme music composer Gökhan Kırdar Original language(s) Turkish Number of episodes 97 | 7.1/10 IMDb Country of origin Turkey First episode date 15 January 2003 Networks Kanal D, Show TV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Adaptations Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (2006) Directors Osman Sınav, Mustafa Şevki Doğan, Serdar Akar Cast Necati Şaşmaz, Kenan Çoban, Oktay Kaynarca, Gürkan Uygun, Özgü Namal Similar Valley of the Wolves: Terror, Deli Yürek, Ekmek Teknesi, Pars: Narkoterör, Sakarya Fırat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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