When abroad, Turkish officials on a different line: “Gezi protests mark an important evolution on Turkey’s civil society”… A social fabric roundup…

Gezi protests mark an important evolution on Turkey’s civil society: EU envoy

The Gezi protests represented a revolution for Turkish society, demonstrating that the country?s vibrant civil society was now becoming more active
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Nationalist party moves to dismiss mayor for sarcastic Kurdish billboard

A MHP mayor faces dismissal from his party for a sarcastic billboard with a text mixing Kurdish and Turkish words
‘I was victimized,’ says fired Turkish TV host

Gözde Kansu, fired from a TV show after a gov’t official criticized her low-cut dress, said her firing was political
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