QNA
Doha
QatarDebate concluded the second Turkish Universities Arabic Debating Championship, which was organised in partnership with the Centre for Arabic Language Studies and Debates at Sultan Muhammad Al-Fatih University, in the presence of a number of government officials, members of the academic and administrative body of the university, representatives of the centre and a number of guests.
In a statement, QatarDebate said the team of Agri Ibrahim Sheshan University won the championship title, while the team of Bogazici University finished second, after a series of competitive rounds, where the issue of the final round revolved around compensation of developing countries for the reception of refugees.
Thirty-four teams from different Turkish universities competed for an advanced place to participate in the International Universities Arabic Debating Championship to be held in Doha next year.
This tournament was marked by the joining of Arabic speakers with non-Arabic speakers for the first time, where each team was allowed to participate with only one native Arabic speaker while the rest of the team are non-natives.
The second championship of the Turkish universities debates in Arabic was preceded by training workshops for 48 referees with the aim of unifying concepts and exchanging experiences and information that raise the expertise of the referees in terms of managing the refereeing session and how to distribute the grades and determine the winning teams.
The winner of the best speakers of the tournament, Abdul Malik Hanka, expressed his delight with the competitions’ debates and their role in enriching his knowledge and in sparking the spirit of competition through logic and argument among the participants benefiting from meeting colleagues from all Turkish universities.
He thanked the tournament officials for providing them with this useful opportunity.
Mustafa Erin Kose, the best non-native speaker in the tournament, said he learned Arabic six years ago and thanks to it he participated in the debate tournament. Although his university won the second place in this tournament, he was extremely happy with the experience since it opened the doors for him to participate in the International Championship of University Debates in Qatar next year.
The second Turkish Universities Arabic Debating Championship is an embodiment of the memorandum of understanding signed by QatarDebate Centre with Sultan Muhammad Al-Fatih University recently in Doha.
The tournament is part of the series of national championships organised by QatarDebate in various regions of the world, in line with its endeavour to seek inspirational ideas and enhance linguistic skills of speakers of Arabic and other languages worldwide.
