Hakan URGANCIOĞLU

Athlete, Student

High School student at Lycée Français Sainte Pulcherie in Istanbul. Tennis player and a regular gym goer. Been doing MUN for 4 years straight. President of the MUN Club (2017-18). Volunteer at Laughing Heals. Volunteer worker at Republican People's Party.

I'm passionate about politics, health and making the world a better place even if it's just a tiny bit. I'm passionate about politics thanks to my experience in MUN. I've realized that the world runs around politics and I am pretty good at them. I'm passionate about health because I used to be overweight and meanwhile losing weight and returning to normal levels of fat I've become passionate about the gym and a healthy lifestyle. I'm passionate about making the world a better place because that is what everyone should be. I don't think that this even should be subject to personal opinion we all should be doing our best to make the world we live in a better place. Doesn't matter which field it is in. Personally my dream is to study politics and go into UN to help them in their goal to make the world a peaceful and a beautiful place.

No obstacle is unpassable.

I've learned about TED thanks to my teachers. For more than 5 years our teachers have been showing TED talk videos during classes that were related to our subject. I started watching them on my own time and become a regular visitor to the TED youtube channel. Then last year I was at a TEDx event that was hosted in one of my friends' school and realized that I had many ideas to share and to organize a TEDx would be the perfect opportunity for me. I directly created a presentation and presented it to our principal. I got the green light and here I am with a pending TEDx license application.

Most people don't know that I'm good at fitness and dietetics. I've faced many obstacles when I was losing weight so I had to do my research all the time so with time I've become very knowledgeable about the subject.