Faymonville

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Faymonville is a town in Liège, Belgium, part of the municipality of Waimes. It is also known as Turkish village or Turkoville. It is believed that the inhabitants refused to join the crusades against the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century, and were called as Turks consequently. To protest, the inhabitants adopted crescent and star as their symbols wearing them and dressing their building. This later became a tradition.Even when the villagers are to gather in the church, they do not use the bells but a call to church like the call to prayer in Turkiye. Every year the town celebrates their connection to Turks and even declare that they are Turks.

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