Guest appearances for the series included Rauf Denktaş, founding president of Northern Cyprus; as well as Andy García and Sharon Stone.
The goal of this mission is to dismantle the Wolves’ Council, the most powerful mafia organization, of which Mehmet Karahanlı (Zafer Ergin) is the baron.
This task is no easy feat, as the Wolves’ Council is incredibly powerful, controlling an amount of money equivalent to half of Turkey’s annual national income.
In June 2002, Show TV asked director Osman Sınav to create a Turkish version of the American series Wiseguy.
The team worked with Abidin Yerebakan to arrange the weapons for the casino scenes, and they reached an agreement to have him appear in the series in exchange.
Although Yerebakan didn’t keep his part of the deal, he played the role of Abidin Seferoğlu in the series, marking his acting debut.
Ali Candan (Raci Şaşmaz), after saying goodbye to all his loved ones for a difficult mission he’s been assigned, is shown to have “died” in a car accident and undergoes surgery to receive a new face.
Polat’s successes catch the attention of the Wolves’ Council, and he gradually meets its members, including Mehmet Karahanlı, Laz Ziya, Kılıç, and Testere Necmi.
Along the way, while eliminating many enemies—such as Pala and his team, Kirve, the Russian Council, and other harmful groups—Polat also loses several close friends, including Süleyman Çakır, Aslan Akbey (Selçuk Yöntem), Seyfo Dayı (Nihat Nikerel), and Elif Eylül (Özgü Namal).
Amon proposes an alliance and requests documents kept in a cryptic device called the Cryptex, which contains records of the council’s activities against Turkey and other connected entities.