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BELSMUN CLUB Model United Nations is a club in which students demonstrate their debating skills and internationalmindedness by representing United Nations countries in conferences. Similar to the United Nations, students participate in international conferences as delegates in several UN committees. Delegates make a research about the political issues of the countries they represent. BELSMUN has been active for 2 years with 19 students and 4 advisors. This year 10 of our club members participated in MilanMUN (Milan, Italy) with 2 advisors between 10- 15 March. 8 of our club members participated in MUNESCO (BLIS, Ankara) with 2 advisors between 18- 21 March. Lastly, 5 of our club members participated in RCIMUN organized by Robert College (İstanbul) with 1 advisor. CHESS CLUB Playing chess is a great tool for development of memory and it helps development of problem solving skills very much. As chess club, this year we aimed improvement of analytical thinking and calculation skills of probability of our students. We tried to make our students get accustom to playing chess not only in the school but also outside of the school. We arranged special tournaments during the year and used our time effectively. Since it is a collection of intellectual activities our students had a chance to use their talent, creativity, competition, collaborative work, and leadership skills. This year our Turkish teacher Volkan Duran led the club and put so much effort on it. ULUSLARARASI PROGRAMLAR KULÜPLER THE CLAPPER 2014 - 2015 135