- 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 HostCenk 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
blog ger on "The Huffington Post " and an attorney. He grew up inEast Brunswick Township, New Jersey , where he attendedEast 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 . AccessedOctober 16 ,2007 . "Cenk Uygur is a senior Management major from East Brunswick, New Jersey."] He is a graduate of theWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania andColumbia Law School , and a former associate at the law firms ofDrinker Biddle & Reath inWashington, D.C. and Parcher, Hayes & Liebman inNew 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.References
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]
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