Claim

Claim 961

A February 16, 1913 revision gave police the power to confiscate periodicals judged to have published obscene material.

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

Statement: A February 16, 1913 revision gave police the power to confiscate periodicals judged to have published obscene material.
Field: scope_of_action
Value: February 1913 revision let police confiscate periodicals
About: incident 1913-ottoman-empire-press-law-bars-officials-from-editing-newspapers
Source: A Comparative Study of the Press Laws of 1909 and 1931
Publisher: A Comparative Study of the Press Laws of 1909 and 1931
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current

Quotation from the source

There was another rearrangement in the law on 16 February 1913. According to it, police had a right to confiscate the periodicals that published obscene news.