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title: "Academics react to \"My Family Is Safe\" operations with joint letter"
url: https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-18-academics-react-my-family-safe-operations/
lang: en
date: 2026-09-18
updated: 2026-09-18T13:14:13.972Z
category: society
sources: 7
agreement: agree
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# Academics react to "My Family Is Safe" operations with joint letter

About 1,250 academics, including signatories Judith Butler and Slavoj Žižek, called for the release of LGBTI+ rights advocates and the removal of access blocks. DEM Party MP Sevilay Çelenk raised the issue at the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly's Equality Committee.

## Who is in this story

- [Sevilay Çelenk](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/sevilay-celenk/) — People
- [DEM Party](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/dem-parti/) — Parties
- [Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/avrupa-konseyi-parlamenter-meclisi/) — Institutions
- [Judith Butler](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/judith-butler/) — People
- [Slavoj Žižek](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/slavoj-zizek/) — People

## News sources

- [Bini aşkın akademisyenden 'Ailem Güvende' operasyonlarına tepki](https://artigercek.com/guncel/bini-askin-akademisyenden-ailem-guvende-operasyonlarina-tepki-350647h) — Artı Gerçek (opposition) — 2026-09-18
- [1250’ye yakın akademisyenden ‘Ailem Güvende’ operasyonlarına tepki](https://bianet.org/haber/1250ye-yakin-akademisyenden-ailem-guvende-operasyonlarina-tepki-323589) — Bianet (independent) — 2026-09-18
- [Sevilay Çelenk, Avrupa Konseyi’nde "Ailem Güvende" operasyonlarını anlattı: Önyargı ve nefreti pekiştirebilir](https://kisadalga.net/haber/gundem/sevilay-celenk-avrupa-konseyinde-ailem-guvende-operasyonlarini-anlatti-onyargi-ve-nefreti-pekistirebilir-140448) — Kısa Dalga (independent) — 2026-09-18
- [Sebze meyve hallerinin büyük tedarikçi firmalarına operasyon: Gözaltına alınan 40 kişi adliyeye sevk edildi](https://www.evrensel.net/haber/6001033/sebze-meyve-hallerinin-buyuk-tedarikci-firmalarina-operasyon-gozaltina-alinan-40-kisi-adliyeye-sevk-edildi?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_syndication) — Evrensel (opposition) — 2026-09-18
- [Türkiye’de LGBTİ+’lara yönelik operasyonlara Berlin’den tepki](https://www.birgun.net/haber/turkiyede-lgbti-lara-yonelik-operasyonlara-berlinden-tepki-735565) — BirGün (opposition) — 2026-09-18
- [Gözaltına alınan 106 kişi serbest bırakıldı](https://bianet.org/haber/gozaltina-alinan-106-kisi-serbest-birakildi-323539) — Bianet (independent) — 2026-09-17
- [“Ailem Güvende” operasyonunda İstanbul’da 20 kişi tutuklandı](https://kisadalga.net/haber/gundem/ailem-guvende-operasyonunda-istanbulda-20-kisi-tutuklandi-140419) — Kısa Dalga (independent) — 2026-09-17

## Other editions

- tr: https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-18-akademisyenlerden-ailem-guvende-operasyonlarina-ortak/
- ar: https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-18-academics-react-my-family-safe-operations/
- ru: https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-18-uchyonye-vyrazili-protest-protiv-operatsiy-moya/

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