title: Valley of the Wolves (TV series)
text: # Valley of the Wolves (TV series)
  
  '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. 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.
  
  ## Cast
  
  ### Main characters
  
  | Actor | Character | About |
  | - | - | - |
  | Necati Şaşmaz | Polat Alemdar | An intelligence agent trained by Aslan Akbey the spymaster to bringing down the Turkish mafia. |
  | Özgü Namal | Elif Eylül | Ali Candan's girlfriend, lawyer |
  | Selçuk Yöntem | Aslan Akbey | Polat's mentor. Controls the KGT. Trained by Doğu Eşrefoğlu. |
  | Oktay Kaynarca | Süleyman Çakır | A crime boss at the head of the Istanbul mafia, who later became friends with Polat Alemdar. |
  | Gürkan Uygun | Memati Baş | Süleyman Çakır's right arm. |
  | Nihat Nikerel | Seyfo Dayı | Loyal man of rowdy Duran Şatıroğlu. Full name: Seyfullah Yördem |
  | Kenan Çoban | Abdülhey Çoban | Polat Alemdar's fellow. |
  | Erhan Ufak | Güllü Erhan | Nephew of Seyfo Dayı (Uncle Seyfo). Full name:Erhan Ufuk |
  | İpek Tenolcay | Nesrin Çakır | Süleyman Çakır's wife and Laz Ziya's older daughter. |
  | Seray Sever | Derya Çakır | Çakır's sister. |
  | Müge Ulusoy | Meral Yılmaz | Nesrin Çakır's sister, Laz Ziya's younger daughter. |
  | Hande Kazanova | Canan Çavan | Elif's friend, also a lawyer. |
  | Begüm Kütük | Safiye Karahanlı | Mehmet Karahanlı's daughter. Uses the name Sophie in Canada. |
  | Güven Hokna | Nergiz Karahanlı | Mehmet Karahanlı's wife and Safiye's mother. |
  | Altan Akışık | Doğu Eşrefoğlu | Aslan Akbey's mentor. |
  | Emin Olcay | Ömer Candan | Polat's non-biological father |
  | İnci Melis Pars / Serpil Tamur | Nazife Candan | Polat's non-biological mother |
  
  ### Council of the Wolves
  
  | Actor | Character | About |
  | - | - | - |
  | Zafer Ergin | Mehmet Karahanlı | Don of the Turkish mafia and Baron of the council. |
  | Attila Olgaç | Kılıç | Right arm and the consigliere of Karahanlı. |
  | İstemi Betil | Laz Ziya | Leading gun smuggler of the council. |
  | Baykal Saran | Hüsrev Ağa | Leading drug trafficker of the council. |
  | Tarık Ünlüoğlu | Testere Necmi | Leading executioner of the council. Karahanlı's left arm. |
  | Nişan Şirinyan | Samuel Vanunu | Responsible for the foreign policies of the council. |
  | Adnan Biricik | Nizamettin Güvenç | Responsible for the legal matters regarding the council. |
  | Haldun Boysan | Tombalacı Mehmet | Responsible for the casinos. |
  | İsmail İncekara | İplikçi Nedim | Operates the money of the council members, joined later. |
  | Osman Wöber | Tuncay Kantarcı | Runs the customs for the council, joined later |
  | Sönmez Atasoy | Halil İbrahim Kapar | Drug trafficker of the council, joined later. |
  