# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1913-ottoman-empire-press-law-bars-officials-from-editing-newspapers)
- Source: Chasing the Printed Word: Press Censorship in the Ottoman Empire, 1876-1913. https://psi203.cankaya.edu.tr/uploads/files/Yosmaolu-ChasingPrintedWord-2003.pdf
- 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.

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