Samet Akaydin remembered his departure from Panathinaicafter his short loan to the team and stressed that a post he made for him Kemal Ataturkit brought its premature end to the “Greens”.
Speaking on Turkish television, Samet Akaydin revealed what happened to Panathinaikos after his post about Kemal Ataturk and led to his “divorce” with the “Greens”.
Akayntine’s statements
“When I was in Panathinaikos, on the morning of May 19th I made a post about Kemal Ataturk. That night we had a fight with Olympiacos. I would normally start basic. After the post we entered the meeting for the race and I saw that my name was not in the eleven.
The athletic director called me and they asked me to download the post. I said, “How to erase it? It’s our national holiday. If I erase it, you will accept reactions from my homeland. It doesn’t suit me.”
Although I explained it, they didn’t understand it. We went to the court and then they completely taken me out of the mission. I was told: “There will be strong reactions, we cannot have you on the mission. We cannot guarantee your safety on the court. You have to stay in the locker room until the race is over.”
“We can’t protect you in the stadium.”
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I was annoyed, my manager came and took me. After that I left Greece immediately. “