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  "subject_type": "incident",
  "subject_id": 224,
  "field": "scope_of_action",
  "value": "February 1913 revision let police confiscate periodicals",
  "statement": "A February 16, 1913 revision gave police the power to confiscate periodicals judged to have published obscene material.",
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  "evidence_quote": "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.",
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  "created_at": "2026-09-26T18:08:55Z",
  "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/claims/961",
  "subject_url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1913-ottoman-empire-press-law-bars-officials-from-editing-newspapers",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://open.metu.edu.tr/bitstream/handle/11511/15618/index.pdf",
    "final_url": "https://open.metu.edu.tr/bitstream/handle/11511/15618/index.pdf",
    "title": "A Comparative Study of the Press Laws of 1909 and 1931",
    "publisher": "A Comparative Study of the Press Laws of 1909 and 1931",
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    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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