Born as Efe Yakup Karahanli the son of a wealthy Mafia family, kidnapped by secret government agents and raised as Ali Candan in a normal Turkish family, and then later as a secret agent working for his government with a complete new face and new life, we follow the journey of Polat Alemdar into the valley of the wolves.
His is not to question why, his is but to do or die. He does not ask what his country can do for him, but what he can do for his country, but ultimately in a court-room finale he will ask his country to forgive all he has had to do and become - in the name of protecting Turkey.
His country has asked him to fake his death and to leave behind his adopted family and the only girl he has ever loved as Ali Candan and be reborn anew as Polat Alemdar, and to infiltrate the Turkish mafia in Istanbul, who control all the shady operations that run throughout Turkey and are known as the Kurtlar Konseyi - The Council of The Wolves -the head of which is none other than Polat Alemdar's real father.
The military style operation named The Valley of the Wolves has begun.
But before Polat Alemdar succeeds in his mission to shut down this organisation he will learn much more about his country's dark past in each succeeding episode and the foreign hands that have a grip on his land and his life, hands that stretch from a secret masonic society all the way back to America, to a mysterious couple named Amon and Lisa...
Sharon Stone's portrayal of Lisa is very strained, while Andy Garcia's is charismatic as Amon, and when both are together they make for interesting viewing.
The long running TV series has been criticised for having regurgitated old American films and shows, but who hasn't in this day and age? It was the first of its kind - daring to show what Turkish TV could achieve. For that at least it should be applauded.
His is not to question why, his is but to do or die. He does not ask what his country can do for him, but what he can do for his country, but ultimately in a court-room finale he will ask his country to forgive all he has had to do and become - in the name of protecting Turkey.
His country has asked him to fake his death and to leave behind his adopted family and the only girl he has ever loved as Ali Candan and be reborn anew as Polat Alemdar, and to infiltrate the Turkish mafia in Istanbul, who control all the shady operations that run throughout Turkey and are known as the Kurtlar Konseyi - The Council of The Wolves -the head of which is none other than Polat Alemdar's real father.
The military style operation named The Valley of the Wolves has begun.
But before Polat Alemdar succeeds in his mission to shut down this organisation he will learn much more about his country's dark past in each succeeding episode and the foreign hands that have a grip on his land and his life, hands that stretch from a secret masonic society all the way back to America, to a mysterious couple named Amon and Lisa...
Sharon Stone's portrayal of Lisa is very strained, while Andy Garcia's is charismatic as Amon, and when both are together they make for interesting viewing.
The long running TV series has been criticised for having regurgitated old American films and shows, but who hasn't in this day and age? It was the first of its kind - daring to show what Turkish TV could achieve. For that at least it should be applauded.