Can anyone make sense of this writing? I just saw this on my flight to Larnaca from Athens.

by arinc9

4 comments
  1. If you’re talking about the scratching on the top right, it’s some really racist remarks against Turkish people, followed by PAO 13 which is associated with some football team.

  2. Like others have said, it says “Turks, cunt-dogs” and then “PAO 13” (Panathinaikos, whose ultras are called Gate 13).

    However, “Turks” or “Turkish-seed” are common slurs for AEK Athens fans, since AEK is originally a club of Greek refugees from Constantinople/Istanbul in 1923. They are often called “χανούμια” (“hanums” from Turkish “hanım”). They share a fierce rivalry with Panathinaikos, hence the profanity.

    Likewise, if you look at the writing inside the yellow triangle, it shows someone smacking the figure falling, and the figure falling has an arrow that says “Γαύροι”. “Gavros” is a type of fish, but it is the most common nickname used for Olympiakos fans.

    Basically, it’s just some stupid hooligan hating on their “enemies”.

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