Zaynep’s graduation speech is connected to episode one because both tell about her past experiences. Her past life is unexpected and challenging because Zeynep didn’t have any idea of what would happened to her. In the same way the audience who is listening to her speech doesn’t expect those words from the girl. 

In addition in episode one the watcher can notice Zaynep’s strong passion for studying but her dream has been obstructed by her father and what comes to surface in her graduation speech is the desire of ereasing her father’s guilt. 

Furthermore the loss of her brother, which is shown in episode one, returns in her speech because Zeynep decides to dedicate her graduation to him and to his impossibility to achieve his objective.

Another connection between the episode one and Zaynep’s speech is the emotions they give. Both of them are moving and heart touching.