Claim

Claim 958

The provision barring lawmakers and officials from editing newspapers was applied retroactively to every periodical already in print.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: The provision barring lawmakers and officials from editing newspapers was applied retroactively to every periodical already in print.
Field: scope_of_action
Value: Ban applied retroactively to all periodicals
About: incident 1913-ottoman-empire-press-law-bars-officials-from-editing-newspapers
Source: Chasing the Printed Word: Press Censorship in the Ottoman Empire, 1876-1913
Publisher: Chasing the Printed Word: Press Censorship in the Ottoman Empire, 1876-1913
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2003

Quotation from the source

The March 1912 provision concerning editors would be applied retroactively to all periodicals.