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The Valley of the Wolves

Original title: Kurtlar Vadisi
  • TV Series
  • 2003–2005
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
24K
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Selçuk Yöntem, Oktay Kaynarca, Özgü Namal, and Necati Sasmaz in The Valley of the Wolves (2003)
GangsterPolitical DramaActionCrimeDramaThriller

Follows a Turkish agent working under the assumed identity of Polat Alemdar attempting to infiltrate the Turkish mafia.Follows a Turkish agent working under the assumed identity of Polat Alemdar attempting to infiltrate the Turkish mafia.Follows a Turkish agent working under the assumed identity of Polat Alemdar attempting to infiltrate the Turkish mafia.

  • Stars
    • Necati Sasmaz
    • Özgü Namal
    • Gürkan Uygun
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    24K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,557
    740
    • Stars
      • Necati Sasmaz
      • Özgü Namal
      • Gürkan Uygun
    • 48User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

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    Necati Sasmaz
    • Polat Alemdar
    • 2003–2005
    Özgü Namal
    Özgü Namal
    • Elif Eylül
    • 2003–2005
    Gürkan Uygun
    Gürkan Uygun
    • Memati
    • 2003–2005
    Erdem Ergüney
    • Deli Hikmet
    • 2003–2005
    Hande Kazanova
    • Canan Çavan
    • 2003–2005
    Ipek Tenolcay
    • Nesrin Çakir
    • 2003–2005
    Emin Olcay
    • Ömer Candan
    • 2003–2005
    Büsra Ayaydin
    • Selvi Çakir
    • 2003–2005
    Osman Wöber
    • Tuncay Kantarci
    • 2003–2005
    Istemi Betil
    • Laz Ziya
    • 2003–2005
    Adnan Biricik
    • Nizamettin Güvenç
    • 2003–2005
    Kerem Firtina
    • Eren Eylül
    • 2003–2005
    Sertan Karaagaç
    • Pusat Çakir
    • 2003–2005
    Fatos Ayaydin
    • Selvi Çakir
    • 2003–2005
    Atilla Olgaç
    • Kiliç
    • 2003–2005
    Abidin Yerebakan
    • Abidin Seferoglu
    • 2003–2005
    Altan Akisik
    • Dogu Bey
    • 2003–2005
    Ismail Incekara
    • Iplikçi Nedim
    • 2003–2005
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    User reviews48

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    10ulusberkay5

    netflix

    Neyflix please buy this epic tv series first 97 episode world need to watch this
    8muhammet_ytkn

    internationally underrated

    This series must be internationally famous.just underrated
    9ahmetkursadsircan

    Unforgettable!

    This series is one of the best cult series in Turkish television history. It has a potential to be watched by a wider audience around the world with a good English version of it.

    The story begins with a classical mafia story. An agent (Polat Alemdar), who is trained by the deep state of Turkey, is sneaking into the dark Turkish mafia by saving the life of one of the mafia leaders (Suleyman Cakir). Although we see Suleyman Cakir as a strong mafia leader in the beginning we later understand that he is like a pawn in this mafia world. The strongest person in this world is Karahanli or Baron. All the media know him as a businessman but actually, he manages all the mafia world in Turkey. He has a council which controls as much money as half of the national income of Turkey. The council plays quite an active role in the politics of Turkey and the Middle East. Each council member is a strong mafia leader and they all have interesting stories which shape their personality. Until episode 74, we see the crucial face of this mafia world, how the government treats the mafia, the rise of Polat Alemdar in this world, the development of different emotional stories by different characters, and a love story between a lawyer, Elif and the main cast Polat Alemdar who needs to decide whether he was a mafia leader or an agent or a normal person who loves his country. In episode 74, in the eyes of Polat, we are starting to get to know the people or another council which is more powerful and decides the political issues, wars, rebels around the world. Until this point, we understand that all the mafia world and the baron Karahanli are also pawns in this whole chess game. Finally, we turn our faces into a new war between Polat Alemdar and this strong council. Between Episode 74 and 98 (Final), we see the structure of this council, how they can easily create a war in the Middle East and benefit from it. At this point, the series focuses more on the agent side of Polat Alemdar not the mafia leader side of him. A surprise in the final episode is that Andy Garcia and Sharon Stone are cast as the leaders of this council.

    Valley of the Wolves is definitely a classical series which deserves to be watched by people all around the world. Maybe it is not so professional. We can not see a high budget here but once you start to watch it from the first episode it will take you into its captivating world and give you an unforgettable experience.
    10wincesterquen

    Making history in tv

    Best Turkish tv series. Briliantly written and acted by such a strong, qualified actors. This show was so powerful and efective in the tv show endustry in Turkey that nothing comes later was able to reach the same succes. It was phenomenonal.
    Zeppaa

    The "so called" truths about state and mafia relation

    "Kurtlar Vadisi" - "Valley of the Wolves" was the most spectacular TV series production of 2004 in Turkish telly, by Show TV.

    It is about a giant mafia organization and a secret agent who's actual face changed by operation, probably inspired from the movie Face/Off(1997). Since the producers claim that the story contains mafia – government relations and unspeakable truths, with strange incidents and extreme characters, this scenario is far away from reality.

    In the "Valley of the Wolves" we face with a Turkish mafia group that is strongly established with a hierarchy that starts at bloody streets and ends up at the effective "Council", the brain of mafia organization. While the "Council" is working to takeover the control of the country and region, on the other hand, another secret organization tries to protect the country and regime.

    Ali Candan, a special secret agent has an operation to become Polat Alemdar, who joined the mafia group with his new face and new identity. As "Can" Polat rises in the mafia organization, the story gets more complex and exciting.

    Beside the great soundtrack, "Kurtlar Vadisi" draws attention with interesting characters, funny quotes, events, flashbacks and some comments about the important events happening in Turkey and across the world.

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    • Trivia
      Many of the events in the series were inspired by the events that took place in Turkey's agenda. The characters of the series reflect real people.
    • Goofs
      On the tombstone on the Cakir family, Süleyman Cakir's year of birth is written as 1964, his sister Derya's as 1974, and his mother's as 1951. According to this, his mother gave birth to him at the age of 13. Also, in a flashback scene of the Cakir siblings selling steamed rice and chickpeas on the street, Süleyman and Derya Cakir are both little kids. Having an age difference of 10 years, one must be at least a teenager when the other is a little kid.

      But in 1964, a 13 years old mother is not unheard of in the region. Also, the majority of children were given late birthdays to avoid a fine. So 1951 might be a wrong date which was only provided by the parents to the government.
    • Quotes

      Süleyman Çakir: What a great Istanbul!

    • Connections
      Followed by Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak (2006)

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    • Release date
      • January 15, 2003 (Turkey)
    • Country of origin
      • Turkey
    • Official sites
      • Official youtube channel
      • Pana Film (Turkey)
    • Language
      • Turkish
    • Also known as
      • Valley of the Wolves
    • Filming locations
      • Istanbul, Turkey
    • Production companies
      • Sinegraf
      • Pana Film
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