Or don't use Turkey, if you feel it's too late to research the event. Pick up today's newspaper and see what catches your attention. There's enough going on across the globe that will provide a mesmerizing accompaniment to your basic plot and characters. The research has already been done for you, in the main in that tabloid's articles. Add a few details by searching online and you will have a piece that no one else can possibly offer.
People are complex.
Rather than inserting the generic burglar or standard elderly female persona, try to remember that there are no predictables when it comes to human personality traits. For instance, why not give us a little old lady burglar. But, for goodness sake, don't make her cute. Most of us women over the age of 50 aren't that adorable or gray-haired today. Think Lauren Hutton as the grandmotherly burglar or Elizabeth Dole.