
LIEGE, BELGIUM - MARCH 4: Belgian villagers who call themselves "Turk" for centuries take part in the the annual Faymonville Carnival in the Faymonville village of Liege, Belgium on March 4, 2019. According to rumors, while people were collecting money for victims suffered from Turkish occupation in Europe in 16th and 17th centuries, villagers of Faymonville refused to give money and thus they were declared "enemy of Christian world and friend of Turks". Villagers had the name of "Turk" that period. Another rumor claims that Faymonville villagers rejected to join Crusade and fight against Turks; and then received the name "Turk". Old villagers say that during World War II, Nazi troops which invaded and destroyed Belgium did not enter Faymonville as they saw Turkish flags in the village. Faymonville has a soccer club named "Turkania" which has a Turkish flag on its emblem. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

LIEGE, BELGIUM - MARCH 4: Belgian villagers who call themselves "Turk" for centuries take part in the the annual Faymonville Carnival in the Faymonville village of Liege, Belgium on March 4, 2019. According to rumors, while people were collecting money for victims suffered from Turkish occupation in Europe in 16th and 17th centuries, villagers of Faymonville refused to give money and thus they were declared "enemy of Christian world and friend of Turks". Villagers had the name of "Turk" that period. Another rumor claims that Faymonville villagers rejected to join Crusade and fight against Turks; and then received the name "Turk". Old villagers say that during World War II, Nazi troops which invaded and destroyed Belgium did not enter Faymonville as they saw Turkish flags in the village. Faymonville has a soccer club named "Turkania" which has a Turkish flag on its emblem. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

LIEGE, BELGIUM - MARCH 4: Belgian villagers who call themselves "Turk" for centuries take part in the the annual Faymonville Carnival in the Faymonville village of Liege, Belgium on March 4, 2019. According to rumors, while people were collecting money for victims suffered from Turkish occupation in Europe in 16th and 17th centuries, villagers of Faymonville refused to give money and thus they were declared "enemy of Christian world and friend of Turks". Villagers had the name of "Turk" that period. Another rumor claims that Faymonville villagers rejected to join Crusade and fight against Turks; and then received the name "Turk". Old villagers say that during World War II, Nazi troops which invaded and destroyed Belgium did not enter Faymonville as they saw Turkish flags in the village. Faymonville has a soccer club named "Turkania" which has a Turkish flag on its emblem. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

LIEGE, BELGIUM - MARCH 4: Belgian villagers who call themselves "Turk" for centuries take part in the the annual Faymonville Carnival in the Faymonville village of Liege, Belgium on March 4, 2019. According to rumors, while people were collecting money for victims suffered from Turkish occupation in Europe in 16th and 17th centuries, villagers of Faymonville refused to give money and thus they were declared "enemy of Christian world and friend of Turks". Villagers had the name of "Turk" that period. Another rumor claims that Faymonville villagers rejected to join Crusade and fight against Turks; and then received the name "Turk". Old villagers say that during World War II, Nazi troops which invaded and destroyed Belgium did not enter Faymonville as they saw Turkish flags in the village. Faymonville has a soccer club named "Turkania" which has a Turkish flag on its emblem. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

LIEGE, BELGIUM - MARCH 4: Belgian villagers who call themselves "Turk" for centuries take part in the the annual Faymonville Carnival in the Faymonville village of Liege, Belgium on March 4, 2019. According to rumors, while people were collecting money for victims suffered from Turkish occupation in Europe in 16th and 17th centuries, villagers of Faymonville refused to give money and thus they were declared "enemy of Christian world and friend of Turks". Villagers had the name of "Turk" that period. Another rumor claims that Faymonville villagers rejected to join Crusade and fight against Turks; and then received the name "Turk". Old villagers say that during World War II, Nazi troops which invaded and destroyed Belgium did not enter Faymonville as they saw Turkish flags in the village. Faymonville has a soccer club named "Turkania" which has a Turkish flag on its emblem. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

LIEGE, BELGIUM - MARCH 4: Belgian villagers who call themselves "Turk" for centuries take part in the the annual Faymonville Carnival in the Faymonville village of Liege, Belgium on March 4, 2019. According to rumors, while people were collecting money for victims suffered from Turkish occupation in Europe in 16th and 17th centuries, villagers of Faymonville refused to give money and thus they were declared "enemy of Christian world and friend of Turks". Villagers had the name of "Turk" that period. Another rumor claims that Faymonville villagers rejected to join Crusade and fight against Turks; and then received the name "Turk". Old villagers say that during World War II, Nazi troops which invaded and destroyed Belgium did not enter Faymonville as they saw Turkish flags in the village. Faymonville has a soccer club named "Turkania" which has a Turkish flag on its emblem. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

LIEGE, BELGIUM - MARCH 4: Belgian villagers who call themselves "Turk" for centuries take part in the the annual Faymonville Carnival in the Faymonville village of Liege, Belgium on March 4, 2019. According to rumors, while people were collecting money for victims suffered from Turkish occupation in Europe in 16th and 17th centuries, villagers of Faymonville refused to give money and thus they were declared "enemy of Christian world and friend of Turks". Villagers had the name of "Turk" that period. Another rumor claims that Faymonville villagers rejected to join Crusade and fight against Turks; and then received the name "Turk". Old villagers say that during World War II, Nazi troops which invaded and destroyed Belgium did not enter Faymonville as they saw Turkish flags in the village. Faymonville has a soccer club named "Turkania" which has a Turkish flag on its emblem. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

LIEGE, BELGIUM - MARCH 4: Belgian villagers who call themselves "Turk" for centuries take part in the the annual Faymonville Carnival in the Faymonville village of Liege, Belgium on March 4, 2019. According to rumors, while people were collecting money for victims suffered from Turkish occupation in Europe in 16th and 17th centuries, villagers of Faymonville refused to give money and thus they were declared "enemy of Christian world and friend of Turks". Villagers had the name of "Turk" that period. Another rumor claims that Faymonville villagers rejected to join Crusade and fight against Turks; and then received the name "Turk". Old villagers say that during World War II, Nazi troops which invaded and destroyed Belgium did not enter Faymonville as they saw Turkish flags in the village. Faymonville has a soccer club named "Turkania" which has a Turkish flag on its emblem. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

LIEGE, BELGIUM - MARCH 4: Belgian villagers who call themselves "Turk" for centuries take part in the the annual Faymonville Carnival in the Faymonville village of Liege, Belgium on March 4, 2019. According to rumors, while people were collecting money for victims suffered from Turkish occupation in Europe in 16th and 17th centuries, villagers of Faymonville refused to give money and thus they were declared "enemy of Christian world and friend of Turks". Villagers had the name of "Turk" that period. Another rumor claims that Faymonville villagers rejected to join Crusade and fight against Turks; and then received the name "Turk". Old villagers say that during World War II, Nazi troops which invaded and destroyed Belgium did not enter Faymonville as they saw Turkish flags in the village. Faymonville has a soccer club named "Turkania" which has a Turkish flag on its emblem. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

LIEGE, BELGIUM - MARCH 4: Belgian villagers who call themselves "Turk" for centuries take part in the the annual Faymonville Carnival in the Faymonville village of Liege, Belgium on March 4, 2019. According to rumors, while people were collecting money for victims suffered from Turkish occupation in Europe in 16th and 17th centuries, villagers of Faymonville refused to give money and thus they were declared "enemy of Christian world and friend of Turks". Villagers had the name of "Turk" that period. Another rumor claims that Faymonville villagers rejected to join Crusade and fight against Turks; and then received the name "Turk". Old villagers say that during World War II, Nazi troops which invaded and destroyed Belgium did not enter Faymonville as they saw Turkish flags in the village. Faymonville has a soccer club named "Turkania" which has a Turkish flag on its emblem. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )

LIEGE, BELGIUM - MARCH 4: Belgian villagers who call themselves "Turk" for centuries take part in the the annual Faymonville Carnival in the Faymonville village of Liege, Belgium on March 4, 2019. According to rumors, while people were collecting money for victims suffered from Turkish occupation in Europe in 16th and 17th centuries, villagers of Faymonville refused to give money and thus they were declared "enemy of Christian world and friend of Turks". Villagers had the name of "Turk" that period. Another rumor claims that Faymonville villagers rejected to join Crusade and fight against Turks; and then received the name "Turk". Old villagers say that during World War II, Nazi troops which invaded and destroyed Belgium did not enter Faymonville as they saw Turkish flags in the village. Faymonville has a soccer club named "Turkania" which has a Turkish flag on its emblem. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )