Eurasian Schools Debating Championship 2012

_The first Eurasian Schools Debating Championship was held last year, in prestigious schools and universities of the magnificent city of Istanbul. Eurasian Schools Debating Championship 2012 will take place between the 13-20 June, with the attendance of high school teams and schools from all around the world. The tournament will again be in the format of World Schools Debating Championship, to increase the number of international participants. The tournament will have world-famous judges.

What is special about ESDC?

·    First international debating championship to take place in Turkey
·    First Eurasian Championship ever organized in the world
·    First student-run tournament

Aims of ESDC

• To achieve excellence in debating
• To encourage debating throughout the world
• To promote international understanding
• To promote free speech

Visit http://www.esdc2012.org for more information

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The final registration date has been postponed to May 4th. And in accordance, the final payment deadline has been postponed to May 20th.  All applications so far have been accepted. Also, from now on we switch to a first come first served registration system.

Results of the 13th Turkish National Debating Results

Galatasaray C (Mehmet Fatih Özmısırcı- Mert Kejanlıoğlu) have won the 2011 Turkish National Debating Championships. 

In the final they defeated Galatasaray B (Nilsun Gürsoy - Umur Türkay Korkmaz), Bilkent B (Önercan Kılıç - Gökhan Yalçın) and Yeditepe C (Meriç Menekşeli - Çiğdem Gül Koluaçık)

The best speaker of the tournament was: Akın Egemen (Galatasaray A)

CA: Umut Eryılmaz (METU)
DCA: Can Talaz (Koç)
DCA: Berk Cin (Galatasaray)
DCA: Emre Demirel (Ege)
DCA: Gökçe Görgeç (Hacettepe)

Ankara Open 2011 International debating Championship‏

In March 2011 we will be organizing the 3rd Ankara Open International Debate Tournament. The tournament will be held between 25-27 March in Ankara, Turkey. As those who attended Ankara Open 2008 and 2009 can testify, we do our best to offer a high quality tournament with debaters from different geographies.
We're proud to announce that our chief adjudicator will be Fiona Prowse (2011 WUDC Champion)

Our DCAs;
Chris Croke
Simone Van Elk
Engin Arikan

From our debating and organization experiences we know debating is not the end of the story, so we will provide 5-star accommodation (In Ankara Hilton Hotels), high quality food and the best: socials with free beers! The venues will be announced soon.

Registration fee is €75 per person. Registration is now open!

You can visit http://debate.metu.edu.tr/ankara-open-2011/index.html for registration & further information.

Best wishes
METU Debating Society