Purism is an art movement that emerged in 1918. This movement emerged as a reaction to cubism. Purism is a movement in which mathematical order, purity and logic are emphasized in the work of art. The purist theory of art forbade anything pleasing to the eye, even eye-pleasing colours. The application of purism to the linguistic sphere means “purification of the language”, that is, the removal of foreign influences from the languages. In this article, some linguistic purification movements, which were observed almost all over the world during the process of establishing nation states after the French Revolution, are discussed in the context of Burke (2016) and in general terms. The dimension of Turkish, in which the purification movement spreads over an almost continuous and long period and gradually became a trend, has been subjected to a more detailed examination. During the evaluation of this dimension, the framework drawn from Levend (1972) was used. While witnessing and exemplifying of discussions and evaluations based on Burke (2016) and Levend (1972) in terms of Turkish, Çetinkaya (2022) was referenced.