One of the last moves of the DP government was to authorize a political committee to trial opposition parties and press. "Akis" was also a victim of this committee and in April it was closed down. However, after the 1960 Turkish coup d'état on 27 May 1960, "Akis" was able to resume publication. Temporarily its circulation peaked at 150,000 copies. That was because public opinion considered Metin Toker as the mouthpiece of İsmet İnönü. Later, however, circulation began to fall partially because other political periodicals appeared. The last issue (706) was published on 31 December 1967. In the 705th issue on 25 December Kurtul Altuğ wrote an epilogue and explained that "Akis" could not compete with other periodicals published by media cartels.