I had a good conversation with Atakan, who talked about the importance of public speaking to be placed in the national curriculum for children and young people and have the ability to speak in front of people, developing their speaking and communication. He also spoke about how he came to be a public speaker and debater.

Mahmut Atakan Orhan is a public speaking and debate coach, tutor and adjudicator. After attending numerous international and national debates academies and tournaments, he went through written and verbal examinations. Passing all of them, he started coaching an adjudicating debate teams and debate matches. He has been an octo-finals, quarter-finals and finals judge in different international debate tournaments. He has coached public speakers and debaters with different levels of experience in English Speaking Union Debate Academies.