Valley of the Wolves (TV series)
| Valley of the Wolves | |
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| Genre | Action Crime drama Political drama |
| Created by | Osman Sınav Raci Şaşmaz |
| Written by | Raci Şaşmaz Bahadır Özdener Mehmet Turgut |
| Directed by | Osman Sınav Mustafa Şevki Doğan Serdar Akar |
| Starring | Necati Şaşmaz Özgü Namal Selçuk Yöntem Oktay Kaynarca Gürkan Uygun |
| Music by | Gökhan Kırdar |
| Country of origin | Turkey |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 97 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Osman Sınav Raci Şaşmaz |
| Production locations | Istanbul, Turkey (seasons 1–4) Northern Cyprus (season 3) Aleppo, Syria (season 4) Los Angeles, California (season 4) |
| Cinematography | Tevfik Şenol Selahattin Sancaklı |
| Editor | Kemalettin Osmanlı |
| Production companies | Sinegraf Pana Film |
| Original release | |
| Network | Show TV |
| Release | 15 January 2003 – 9 June 2005 |
| Network | Kanal D |
| Release | 6 October – 29 December 2005 |
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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.