Valley of the Wolves - Ambush
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Valley of the Wolves - Ambush |
| Original title | Kurtlar Vadisi - Pusu |
| Country of production | Turkey |
| original language | Turkish |
| Year (s) | 2007-2016 |
| length | 120 minutes |
| Episodes | 300 in 10 seasons |
| genre | Action series |
| Theme music | Kurtlar Vadisi Jenerik |
| idea |
Sadullah Şentürk (1–51, 71–93) Zeynep Günay Tan (52–57) Zübeyr Şaşmaz (58–70) Alican Gebeş (94–99, 162–171) Selahattin Sancaklı (100–128) Onur Tan (129–161 , 172–229) Doğan Ümit Karaca (230–263, 264 ff.) |
| music | Gökhan Kırdar |
| First broadcast | April 19, 2007 on Show TV |
Valley of the Wolves - Ambush ( Turkish Kurtlar Vadisi - Pusu ) is the continuation of the Turkish television series Valley of the Wolves . The series is produced by Pana Film .
action
The central theme is no longer the mafia, as in Valley of the Wolves , but the machinations of the influential business people in Turkey, who among other things support terrorism in order to derive economic advantages from it. In this series, too, the relationship to reality is evident. The KGT ("Kamu Güvenliği Teşkilatı", a fictional Turkish secret service), under the leadership of Polat Alemdar, tries to track down the illegal activities of the four politically and economically influential families and to bring down their mafia-like system within Turkish borders.
But over time, a new enemy emerges in İskender Büyük, who is hung up in the 93rd episode and dies as a result. He is a former Turkish agent and is now in the service of the Deep State . There are many parallels to political events such as the hypothetical Ergenekon organization and the murders of journalists Hrant Dink and Uğur Mumcu . With the third season, a new opponent came into play in the form of the Italian organization Gladio, which was dissolved in 1990 .
While Polat Alemdar already lost several of his "men" due to various assassinations by İskender Büyük, he managed to integrate himself into the "Council of Elders", a group of old Turkish veterans that works in cooperation with politics and the military. However, Polat Alemdar broke the marriage ban of the council of elders in order not to disappoint his sick mother and was henceforth no longer contacted or visited, but was always observed.
The end of the 63rd episode of the series heats up once again. In this episode, Polat Alemdar breaks out of his custody to save the Prime Minister from an assassination attempt by İskender, but is shot in the process and the series ends during the summer break. It is interesting, however, that it is not a representative from İskender Büyük, but an unknown person who joins the Prime Minister, who later turns out to be a representative of Davut Tataroğlu, who works on behalf of or in cooperation with the NATO secret organization "Gladio" . With this puzzle, the director succeeded in creating a transition for the viewer to the movie Valley of the Wolves - Gladio .
The characters
| actor | role | consequences | description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necati Şaşmaz | Polat Alemdar | 1- | He is the son of the businessman and Turkish baron Mehmet Karahanlı and his wife Nergiz Karahanlı. He used to be called Ali Candan. For a mission he has to change his identity, from then on he is called Polat Alemdar and has a new face and a new voice. After a while he successfully completes the given mission, and there are always several dangers to him and his people. He was the leader of KGT for many years until his right-hand man, Memati Baş, was ambushed and killed at his own wedding. Polat no longer understands the world and makes mistakes in uncovering the plot against him. When he does, however, he then decides to sacrifice himself to protect the secret of the council of elders. After his supposed death, he himself is appointed head of the council. He himself does not want this, but wants to die so that his friends and family no longer have to suffer because of him, as his enemies have done him great harm. But in the end he accepts and completely directs all missions. Akif takes his place as KGT boss. But after he quits and Polat's best friend Abdülhey Çoban dies in front of his eyes, he resumes his position as head of the KGT. |
| Cahit Kayaoğlu | Cahit | 77– | He is Polat Alemdar's best man after Memati and Abdülhey died, and he carries out many different missions with him. |
| Defne Samyeli | Asya / Zeynep | 264– | She is an intelligence agent. |
| Erhan Ufak | Gullü Erhan | 1- | Together with Polat, he is one of the oldest KGT team members. He's always in a good mood in the team and has fun with everyone. After the death of Memati and Abdülhey, he is the most important man for Polat. |
| Ertan Saban | Gölge / Mr. Ferdinand | 264-300 | His is name is actually Sebastian Barnabas. He is the new enemy of Polat Alemdar. With his assignment he killed the entire KGT team. |
| Gorkem Sevindik | Pusat Çakır | 108-298 | He is the son of Süleyman Çakır, who died in 2004, and of Nesrin Çakır, who died in 2012. His sister disappeared from Turkey after her husband Memati died in 2012. At times he doesn't get on so well with Polat Alemdar, but then gets on with him again. He worked with Zülfikar Aga and Settar Aga for a while, but when these two died he returned to Polat Alemdar's team. |
| Ertuğrul Şakar | Yasin | 232– | He is the leader of Team Siyah Sancak and carries out various missions. |
| Gaye Gürsel | Safiye Karahanlı | 196– | She is Safiye Karahanlıs double. |
| Dogu Sakarya | Elif | 129– | She is Polat Alemdar's daughter. Her mother Ebru Alemdar died after Iskender Büyük let a bomb explode in the car. For a long time Elif didn't know who her mother really was, but then Leyla told her. After her grandfather, grandma and Leyla died, she and Safiye are the only ones left in Polat's family. |
| Begüm Kütük | Safiye Karahanlı | ? - | She is Polat Alemdar's sister. |
| Adnan Erdoğan | Hüsnü Yalınkılıç | 1-300 | The people around him all know him as “Deli Hüsnü”. He used to work with Tuncay Kantarci in the hospital. He thinks differently than a normal person. Sometimes he causes astonishment with his thoughtless actions. |
| Luran Ahmeti | Ariel | 264-300 | He is Gölge's husband. |
| Levent Can | Fehmi Kuzuzade | 230-300 | He is the baron of Turkey. |
| Fikret Kuşkan | Nikolay | 301- | |
| Yılmaz Meydaneri | Hakkı Bafralı | 1- | He was once under the command of Turan Kacgar, but when he dies he leaves Turkey. After that he was seen from time to time next to Iskender Büyük. He disappeared for a while, but later he returns with his new employer Vahap Kuzuzade. When he died too, he went to Vahap's son Fehmi Kuzuzade and became his best man. |
| Vural Yayan | Hoca | 180– | He is a member of the Council of Elders and also the Foreign Minister of Turkey. Instead of Polat, he will be the head of the council of elders in the coming season, as the latter will resume his old place in the KGT. |
| Ibrahim Gündogan | Mete Aymar | 162-297 | He is an old agent and for a time was the right-hand man of the Sencer Council of Elders. He was the head of the KGT for a short time with Mete Agir, who died in 2013. His mother is Semra Aymar. |
| Algis Kybartas | Algis | 230-300 | He is under Amon's command. |
| Orhan Edip Ertürk | Tilki Andrei | 234-298 | He has been Polat Alemdar's enemy since 2005. |
| Selahattin Bel | Raskoln | 213-297 | He is an independent Russian. His best man is Dimitri. |
| Doguhan Güney | Yusuf Kuzuzade | 231-300 | He is Fehmi Kuzuzade's son. |
| Batuhan Güney | Kenan Kuzuzade | 232– | He is Fehmi Kuzuzade's son. |
| Büsra Miscioglu | Azra | 234– | She used to be with Yusuf Kuzuzade. After Yusuf Kuzuzade had an engine accident, everyone thought he was dead, but they weren't. Yusuf later showed himself to Azra. She wants to be with Yusuf again, like before. |
| Elif Melda Yilmaz | Meryem | 265-297 | She is also an intelligence agent and works with Zeynep. |
| Mauro Martino | Karun | 265-300 | He is the twin brother of the late Martin. |
| Levent Sulun | John Smith | 246-286 | He is the leader of the Team Sedid team. His enemy is Polat. He is currently working with Mete Aymar. |
| Özgür Teke | Ozi | 231-300 | He is Algi’s best man and the head of Team Armageddon. He disappeared for a while. He is currently working with Mete Aymar. |
| Andy García | Amon | 230-241 | He is the world baron. |
| Serdar Dincel | Prof. Altay | 265– | He is the student of Anadolu. |
| Ayla Algan | Prof. Anadolu | 270-299 | She is the teacher from Altay. |
Charisma
From April 19, 2007 to June 11, 2009, the first three seasons ran on Show TV . The fourth season ran from September 24, 2009 to June 3, 2010 on Star TV . atv broadcast the fifth season from September 23, 2010 to June 9, 2011. The series has been broadcast on TNT Türkiye since the sixth season, which will be broadcast from September 22, 2011 to probably June 7, 2012 . The rights for the 7th and 8th season went back to the TV station atv. Channel D acquired the broadcasting rights for the 9th season. With the change of channels, the topics also changed.
| Season | Time slot | Season premiere | Season finale | Episodes produced | Episodes broadcast | TV year | Channel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st season | Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. | April 19, 2007 | June 14, 2007 | 9 | 1-9 | 2007 | Show TV | Ergenekon |
| 2nd season | September 20, 2007 | June 5, 2008 | 32 | 10-41 | 2007-2008 | Ergenekon, KCK | ||
| 3rd season | October 9, 2008 | June 11, 2009 | 22nd | 42-63 | 2008-2009 | Ergenekon, military | ||
| 4th season | September 24, 2009 | June 3, 2010 | 30th | 64-93 | 2009-2010 | Star TV | Gladio | |
| 5th season | September 23, 2010 | June 9, 2011 | 35 | 94-128 | 2010-2011 | atv | Turkey 2023 | |
| 6th season | September 22, 2011 | June 7, 2012 | 33 | 129-161 | 2011–2012 | TNT Türkiye | Mossad , Northern Iraq | |
| 7th season | September 13, 2012 | 6th June 2013 | 34 | 162-195 | 2012-2013 | atv | Syria , Illuminati | |
| 8th season | September 12th, 2013 | June 12, 2014 | 34 | 196-229 | 2013-2014 | atv | Protests in Turkey 2013 , Illuminati | |
| 9th season | 18th September 2014 | June 11, 2015 | 35 | 230-263 | 2014-2015 | Channel D | ISIS , Illuminati | |
| 10th season | 17th September 2015 | June 16, 2016 | 34 | 264-300 | 2015-2016 |
cinemamovies
The movie Muro: Nalet Olsun İçimdeki İnsan Sevgisine was released in December 2008 as a spin-off of the series . The film tells the career of the controversial figure Muro and his two companions Çeto and Yıldırım. Muro embodies a left underground revolutionary in the series who works for the party on behalf of the Kurdish PKK . The figure became controversial because, despite its hostile ideology, it became very popular with the audience.
At the end of 2009, Kurtlar Vadisi: Gladio , another feature film, was released in the cinemas. The story of İskender Büyük is told. In the cinema trailer Kurtlar Vadisi Gladio you can read some of these names such as Turgut Özal, Cem Ersever, Apo , and hear the sentence of the likely leading actor Musa Uzunlar: "Size Gladio'nun ikinci adamını anlatacağım", which means in German something like: "I will tell you about the second most important man, Gladios ”.
In November 2010 the film Valley of the Wolves - Palestine should come to the Turkish cinemas. However, due to technical errors, another appointment was made. In Germany, the controversial production, often condemned as anti-American and anti-Semitic, was due to appear on January 27, 2011 - on International Holocaust Remembrance Day . The Voluntary Self-Control of the Film Industry (FSK) initially refused a label, but after a renewed examination issued a “kJ” seal. Valley of the Wolves - Palestine also depicts the events of the Ship-to-Gaza incident in May 2010.
Web links
- Valley of the Wolves - Ambush in the Internet Movie Database (English)