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<p>The Economist</p>
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<p>Turkey’s president wants to purge Western words from its language</p>
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<p>Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, responded to last summer's attempted coup by sacking or suspending 160,000 public servants and arresting 60,000 more. But his latest purge has a more abstract target. Mr Erdogan wants to rid Turkish of unsightly
Westen loan-words.</p>
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<p>Full story:<br>
http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21723448-new-step-recep-tayyip-erdogans-campaign-against-foreign-influences-turkeys-president-wants</p>
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