Cultural Turkish Villages in Europe

Faymonville/Belguim

"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. Another (more likely) reason could be that the inhabitants did not have to pay the taxes collected by the monks of the principality of Stavelot-Malmedy for the war against the Turkish empire, since Faymonville was part of the Duchy of Luxembourg, contrary to the other Walloon villages of the area. The inhabitants of these villages therefore would have called the inhabitants of Faymonville the "Turks"."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faymonville

(Turkish)



Moena/Italy

In this case, there is a real Turk who came here after the 2nd Vienna siege. He organised the villagers against lord.



Pictures from "Festa di Turchia"


Edited by Ollios - 18-Nov-2011 at 14:56

Originally posted by Baal Melqart This is the strangest and at the same time, funniest story I have EVER heard of! Thanks for posting Ollios.

It was my pleasure.