Kurtlar Vadisi
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Kurtlar Vadisi (Valley of the Wolves) is a popular Turkish media franchise, which is consistent of three different television series, one of them aired only for one episode, and one movie. It tells the story of a Turkish secret service agent, who infiltrates the Turkish mafia.
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[edit] Kurtlar Vadisi, original series
The original series first aired on January 15, 2003. It was created by Turkish director and producer Osman Sınav, who is popular for his films and television series in Turkey. It became famous both thanks to its references to the politics of Turkey and the action scenes, which were new for the Turkish audience.
Ali Candan, an undercover Turkish agent, is motivated by his captain, Aslan Akbey, to infiltrate the Turkish mafia to learn their plans and to destroy their system which is affecting Turkey deeply. Ali goes into a series of plastic surgeries to change his identity and finally he becomes Polat Alemdar.
He is put next to the mafia gunman Süleyman Çakır, a brutal man respected by his colleagues and known as a man of his word. Çakır’s knowledge about the mafia and Alemdar’s skills as a well trained agent create a partnership between the two and they start to rise in the hierarchy of the mafia, which is controlled by the supreme head, Baron, of the whole underground organization and also a successful businessman, Mehmet Karahanlı.
During his journey to the top of the system, Polat loses many friends and allies but finally makes his way to become the new Baron which is a position that gives him a chance to destroy the mafia completely. He uses his chance and after facing even bigger and more global enemies on his way, he manages to end the powerful days of criminals.
[edit] Kurtlar Vadisi Irak
Known as the Valley of the Wolves Iraq by the foreign media, this theatrical release is the second installment of the popular franchise. The movie is the most expensive one in the history of the Turkish cinema. It is set in northern Iraq during the Occupation of Iraq and begins with U.S. forces capturing eleven Turkish special forces soldiers. There are some references to other real events such as the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, private security forces as Blackwater and realistic characterizations.
Kurtlar Vadisi Irak gained success in Turkish theaters and had little impact in foreign markets.
[edit] Kurtlar Vadisi Terör
Producers decided to continue the successful television series with a new plot. Polat Alemdar would handle the terror issue of Turkey this time instead of fighting against the mafia. The first episode of the program aired on the night of February 8, 2007 and reached to a considerable rating share but the political reflection of the painful issues of Turkey and the violence shown in the first episode triggered a harsh response by RTÜK (High Board for Radio and TV). Finally, Kurtlar Vadisi Terör was censored only after its first episode.
[edit] Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu
Pana Film, the owner of the franchise, launched another TV series after this censorship event. The new show called "Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu" started on April 20, 2007 on Show TV. The cast is changed except some of the older characters. The lead role, Polat Alemdar, is still portrayed by Necati Şaşmaz. Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu has not faced any censorship yet and it attracts high ratings.
This new television series deals with the relations between the state, mafia and the business circles in Turkey. There are four powerful families in Turkey which are holding the economy of the country in their hands according to the plot of the series. Polat Alemdar decides to wage a personal war against these families and he helps Ahu Toros, a young businesswoman, who lost his father because of the conspiracy of the four big families.
[edit] Cast
- Necati Şaşmaz (Polat Alemdar)
- Nefise Karatay(Ahu Toros)
- Kenan Çoban (Abdülhey)
- Gürkan Uygun (Memati)
- Seray Sever (Derya Çakır)
- İpek Tenolcay (Nesrin Çakır)
- Abdullah Gevrek (Seyfo - Seyfullah Yördem)
- Zafer Ergin (Mehmet Karahanlı)
- Baykal Saran (Hüsrev Ağa Bekiroğlu)
- Haldun Boysan (Tombalacı Mehmet Çolak)
- Atilla Olgaç (Kılıç)
- Hande Kazanova (Canan Çavan)
- Adnan Biricik (Nizamettin Güvenç)
- Nisan Sirinyan (Samuel Vanunu)
- İstemi Betil (Laz Ziya Yılmaz)
- Muhammed Can Gören (Abuzer Kömürcü)
- İsmail İncekara (İplikçi Nedim Malik)
- Turgay Tanülkü (Şahin Ağa)
- Tarık Ünlüoğlu (Testere Necmi)
- Begüm Kütük (Safiye Karahanlı)
- Erdinç Olgaçlı (Burhan Erdemir)
- Devrim Parscan (Orhan Karadeniz)
- Tarık Şerbetçioğlu (Selim)
- Gürkan Uygun (Memati Baş)
- Osman Wöber (Deve Tuncay Kantarcı)
- Vildan Atasever (Nazlı Bekiroğlu)
- Yüksel Arıcı (Pala)
- Cenk Ertan (Faruk)
- Levent Güner (Bedir)
- Ali İpin (Kirve)
- Engin Yüksel (Nakliyeci Sefer)
- Kurtuluş Şakirağaoğlu (Duran Emmi Şatıroğlu)
- Hidayet Erdinç (Şevko - Şevki Gökdeniz)
- Erdem Ergüney (Deli Hikmet)
- Emin Olcay (Ömer Candan)
- İnci Pars (Nazife Candan)
- Serpil Tamur (Nazife Candan)
- Müge Ulusoy (Meral Yılmaz/Asiye Yılmaz)
- Güven Hokna (Nergiz Karahanlı)
- Hakkı Ergök (Savcı)
- Kerem Fırtına (Eren Eylül)
- Zekai Müftüoğlu (Akrep Bekir)
- Attila Şendil (Mavi Turgut Kuyucu)
- Sönmez Atasoy (Halo - Halil İbrahim Kapar)
- Kenan Çoban (Abdülhey Çoban)
- Erhan Ufak (Güllü Erhan)
- Sertan Karaağaç (Pusat Çakır)
- Fatoş Ayaydın (Selvi Çakır)
- Abidin Yerebakan (Abidin Seferoğlu)
- Nedim Doğan (Şehmuz)
- Mehmet Emin Yanık (Alexander Ivanov)
- Sefa Zengin (Erdal Kömürcü)
- Özcan Varaylı (Cerrahpaşalı Halit)
- Altan Akışık (Doğu Bey Eşrefoğlu)
- Hayat Olcay (Ayşe Eylül)
- Ulgar Manzakoğlu (İbrahim Ahıskalı)
- Yaşar Karakulak (Yahya Reis)
- Tatsyana Tsvikeviç (Nina)
- Tayfun Sav (Mithat - Mito)
- Nevzat Yakışırboy (Nevzat)
- Cengiz Daner (Esat Yörük)
- Orhan Edip Ertürk (Tilki Andrei)
- Mehmet Polat (Cerrahpaşalı Meto)
- Sharon Stone (Lisa)
- Andy Garcia (Amon)
- Sinem Bayer (Esther Hirch)
- Raci Şaşmaz (Ali Candan)
- Latif Akgedik (Demir Görkemli)
- Ali Yaylı (Faris Sarıyayla)
- Engin Özsayın (Fethi Gümüş)
- Güray Kip (Kürt Bedo - Bedir Koçanlı)
- Çelik Bilge (Sadri Canbazoğlu)
- Erdal Cindoruk (Üstün Kısa)
- Seval Gökçe (Sabahat)
- Yasemin Öztürk (Sarah Vanunu)
- Erdoğan Uslu (Mithat Kadıoğlu)
- Erdoğan Poyraz (Erdoğan)
- Cengiz Şahin (Ferman)
- Server Mutlu (Kirkor Terzioğlu)
- Sinan Albayrak (Sadık)
- Mustafa Başbuğ (Yavuz)
- Erdoğan Ersever (Ufuk)
- Oktay Kaynarca (Süleyman Çakır)
- Umut Tabak (Polat Alemdar) (Seslendirme)
- Aysen Uzuner (Nesrin) (Seslendirme)
