[lg policy] Turkey’s president wants to purge Western words from its language

[Francis Hult]

The Economist


Turkey’s president wants to purge Western words from its language


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.


Full story:
http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21723448-new-step-recep-tayyip-erdogans-campaign-against-foreign-influences-turkeys-president-wants

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