| 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 | Turkish |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 97 |
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| Producers | Osman Sınav Raci Şaşmaz |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Show TV (2003–2005) Kanal D (2005) |
| Release | 15 January 2003 – 29 December 2005 |
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'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 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.