Cenk Uygur

Infobox Person
name = Cenk Uygur


caption = Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks
birth_date = birthdate and age|1970|03|21
birth_place = Turkey
death_date =
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known_for = Political Commentary
occupation = Radio Talk Show Host

Cenk Uygur (pronounced IPA|, jenk yoo-ger) is the main host of the liberal talk radio show "The Young Turks".

The show currently airs on a number of places, including the morning drive on XM Satellite Radio's Talk Left, channel 167. Aside from airing on the radio, TYT has also made several online partnerships with media groups such as AOL News, TidalTV, and YouTube. The show's YouTube channel gets an average of 3 million hits per month.

Uygur is also a regular blogger on "The Huffington Post" and an attorney. He grew up in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, where he attended East Brunswick High School. [ [http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/1991/11/20/Archive/Column.Historical.Fact.Or.Falsehood-2183926.shtml?sourcedomain=www.dailypennsylvanian.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com "Column: Historical Fact or Falsehood?"] , "The Daily Pennsylvanian", October 20, 1991. Accessed October 16, 2007. "Cenk Uygur is a senior Management major from East Brunswick, New Jersey."] He is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Law School, and a former associate at the law firms of Drinker Biddle & Reath in Washington, D.C. and Parcher, Hayes & Liebman in New York City. He first became a talk show host at a Washington, D.C. radio station on the weekends while working at Drinker, before eventually shifting to full-time radio work.

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External links

* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/ Cenk Uygur blog archives at The Huffington Post]
* [http://youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks/ The Young Turks on YouTube]
* [http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/category/young-turks/ The Young Turks Blog on AOL]
* [http://www.theyoungturks.com/user/cenk Cenk's Homepage]