In 2006 , Aykol published '' Savrulanlar '' , about a woman named Ece who escapes to London after a failed love affair . The book is an ode to the ancient art of storytelling , which remains a tradition of great honour among the Kurdish and Armenian communities in Turkey . Ece , stuck in a foreign land , recalls the stories told by her grandfather , an Armenian jeweller , and his experiences during the events of 1915 . For authenticity in her novel , Aykol trained at a goldsmith 's shop in Kreuzberg , Berlin , as well as with an Armenian silversmith in Istanbul
events of 1915
Armenian Genocide
Esmahan Aykol