The Ali Kararname (Turkish: Kararnâme-i Âlî ) was a government decree that allowed for censorship in the Ottoman Empire. Issued in 1867, it allowed state officials to close down newspapers which they felt posed a threat to the regime.[1]
- ^ F. Kabasakal Arat, Zehra (2007). Human rights in Turkey. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-8122-4000-9. Retrieved 25 August 2011.