According to Hikmet Türk, spokesman for the Turkish Associations in France Coordination Committee, the numbers today of Turks based in Europe expected to attend the rally will be at least 35,000.
Türk explains, ''There are 75 buses coming in from Germany, 50 from Holland, 40 form Belgium and 15 buses filled with Turks from England. Taking into consideration all of the other buses that will be bringing in Turks from other parts of France into Paris, the total number of buses alone anticipated to arrive in the capital today is expected to reach over 500." In addition, Türk also reminds that including the number of protesters that choose to use speed trains or their own vehicles, the crowd to come out today is expected to reach 35,000.
The rally will begin at noon today local time at the Denfert Rochereau square and will come to a close at five p.m. in front of the senate building. The protest aims to emphasize that the bill challenges freedom of speech as well as the French constitution and will point out a message written in a report which states that history should be written by historians and not politicians.
The draft bill was accepted by the assembly general council on December 22nd, which was followed by a protest in front of the parliament. Should the French Senate accept the bill on January 23rd, a protest is expected to be staged on the very same day in front of the Senate building.
Authorities from England’s Ministry of Defense have supposedly sent a ‘D notice’ to the BBC and other media establishments as a warning to censor coverage of surveillance tactics employed by U.K. and U.S. intelligence agencies.
European Parliament members talk of constructively criticizing Turkey, while canceling a projected visit due to the situation caused by protests. 
The Turkish-American ‘Everything for Turkey Platform’, left a black wreath which read "The Turkish public will never forget CNN’s manipulations” in front of the CNN building in New York on Saturday. 
A foundation entitled the “Every Thing for Turkey Platform” (Her şey Türkiye İçin Platformu) has announced they will be holding a demonstration in New York aimed at preserving Turkey’s best interests.
Muhammed Alabasy, who has been working for Iran’s Al Alam television station for the past eight years of his 36-year career in journalism, has resigned due to being pressured to use the term “Turkish Spring” in reference to the nationwide protests in Turkey. 
Prime Minister Erdoğan, whose trip took him to Algeria criticized Assad stating that “His father massacred Humus. His son is doing far more. These workings are not forgivable.”
Syrian President Assad has announced that they have reaceived the initial delivery of S-300 missiles from Russia. Russian Defense Minister Shoigu stated “Russia may deliver new assault weapons to Syria.
A meeting between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the upcoming second Geneva Conference which aims to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria failed to reap a precise date for when the summit will actually take place. 
After a marathon negotiating session of EU Foreign Ministers, a ban on arming the Syrian opposition in order to protect the innocent public has in effect been lifted. England’s unyielding stance in favor of the embargo’s expiration was influential in the decision-making process. 
Iran has issued a four billion-dollar worth credit to Syria. 
The allegations the Syrian regime is using chemical warfare against the opposition, which have been put forth by Turkey, the United States and Israel, have now been confirmed. Reporters from Le Monde which spent months on the opposition front lines say the weapons are being masked by tear gas to make detection that much harder. 
Myanmar opposition leader and pro-democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi condemned on Monday a policy by a district government to limit Muslim Rohingya families to two children in an effort to curb their population growth, calling it both discrimination and going against human rights.
President of the Syrian National Council George Sabra says they are not hopeful regarding Geneva II and that there is no way they will attend a conference while the situation in Syria remains as it is. “You win a war on the battlefield and not at the table,” says Sabra. 
Days after Prime Minister Erdoğan called on U.S. President Obama to take action against the ongoing massacres suffered by Muslims in Myanmar, during a meeting held in the Oval Office of the White House, the U.S. leader hosted Myanmar President Thein Sein for a meeting in the very same location. 
