Gavras conveyed his message via filmmaker Yılmaz Güney’s wife Fatoş Güney. In the message, Gavras stressed that he signed the petition launched in support of the educators and said that “he supports them as well as those who struggle on their side”.
Gavrasî bi rêya hevjîna Fatoş Guneyê sînemager Yilmaz Guneyî re peyam şand û diyar kir ku wî kampanyeya piştgiriya akademisyenan îmze kiriye û wiha got, “Li gel wan piştgiriyê dide çalakiya kesên têkoşînê li gel wan dide jî dike”.