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Some further explanation: In the Weimar Republic (the German state between the two worlds wars) the Reichskanzler (head of government) was not elected directly
by kleiba 10y ago
Some further explanation:
In the Weimar Republic (the German state between the two worlds wars) the Reichskanzler (head of government) was not elected directly by the people. Instead, people voted for parties. The head of state was the President, and it was him who appointed the Reichskanzler.
In January 1933, President Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Reichskanzler of Germany.
- mikeash 10y agoAnd that post had very little power. Hitler more or less became an absolute dictator with the passage of the Enabling Act a few months later. Getting that act through parliament involved arresting a bunch of opposition members and intimidating the rest using armed men, so it really wasn't a democratic process.
- kleiba 10y ago...which, as one could argue, brings use nicely back to the original topic of Turkey. - https://news.vice.com/story/erdogan-is-still-arresting-his-opponents-in-massive-purge-that-has-surpassed-113000-people https://news.vice.com/story/erdogan-is-still-arresting-his-o... - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkey-referendum-intimidation-unfair-campaigning-watchdog-observer-european-council-a7687206.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkey-refere...