Meltem, if you want to see how the poor cling to their religious beliefs, than watch this Italian movie:

You will seldom encounter a film that depicts a people and a culture with greater authenticity and sensitivity. The Tree of Wooden Clogs was justly awarded the Palme d’Or at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival. This film is in Italian with English subtitles. The DVD extras include a theatrical trailer and photo gallery. Although this film has a running time of almost three hours (177 minutes), it is never boring and holds viewer interest throughout. I highly recommend it.

clinging to religion is based on a strong emotional need approaching desperation. It is in times of helplessness and trouble that people turn to God.

Nobody could express this need for religion in hard times better than Chekhov in his "Uncle Vanya".

I can understand that parents, out of being religious or because of poverty, send their kids to a place like that. But I cannot understand they have not investigated the safety of a place, handing their kids over to other people who are responsable. So, I really cannot understand they won´t complain or go to court.

According to the mayor of the village, three staff members are accused of death by neglectancy and arrested. A spokesman of the local technical investigation team said that the organisation did not have all the acquired permit to open the summerschool.

nieuws.nl

As a parent that sends her child to camp every summer, I do expect a certain standard of safety. Glad to see that someone is being held responsible....but I think the government should be accountable for building safety as well...not just this building but ALL buildings used by the public. What a tragedy!

Three arrested for fatal dormitory collapse in Turkey

Anatolia news agency quoted one student, Merve Avci, as saying she had got up to wash before pre-dawn prayers when she and some teachers heard a strange sound and went to the kitchen to investigate. There, they saw a loose gas pipe, and she returned to her room after the teachers told her to close the door. Soon after, Avci told Anatolia, she smelled gas and there was an explosion. Half of the building collapsed, but she was in the section that remained intact. She said flames rose from the basement toward the top of the building.

http://www.welt.de/english-news/arti2274243/Three_arrested_for_fatal_dormitory_collapse_in_Turkey_.html

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