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Cenk Uygur
Cenk Kadir Uygur (, (:ˈdʒɛɲc ˈujɡur); born March 21, 1970) is a Turkish-American columnist, political commentator and activist. Uygur is the main host and co-founder of the American liberal/progressive political and social internet commentary program, ''The Young Turks'' (''TYT'') and the co-founder of the associated ''TYT Network''. A naturalized U.S. citizen, Uygur was born in Turkey and raised from age eight in the United States. He worked as an attorney in Washington, D.C. and New York before beginning his career as a political commentator. As a young man, Uygur espoused socially conservative views, criticizing feminism, abortion, and affirmative action. He is now a progressive.
In addition to hosting ''TYT'', Uygur appeared on MSNBC as a political commentator in 2010, later hosting a weeknight commentary show on the channel for nearly six months until being replaced by Al Sharpton.〔 Shortly after leaving MSNBC, Uygur secured a show on Current TV that aired from December 5, 2011 to August 15, 2013.〔 Uygur was from 2012 to 2013 the chief news officer of Current TV, succeeding Keith Olbermann following his departure from the cable television network until Current was acquired by Al Jazeera Media Network.〔〔
==Early life, education, and career==
Uygur was born in Istanbul, Turkey, and emigrated with his family when he was eight years old.〔 He spent his adolescence in East Brunswick, New Jersey, and graduated from East Brunswick High School. Raised as a Muslim, Uygur became an agnostic later in life.〔https://youtube.com/WVl3BJoEoAU?t=28m51s "That's why I left Islam"〕 He attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he majored in management〔 and was on the Student Activities Council representing the Turkish Students Association.〔 He also earned a law degree from Columbia Law School〔 and worked as an associate attorney at the law firms of Drinker Biddle & Reath in Washington, D.C. and Hayes & Liebman in New York City.〔
Uygur first appeared as a talk show host on a weekend radio show on WWRC in Washington, D.C. and on WRKO in Boston. He later wrote for, produced, and appeared on the WAMI-TV news show ''The Times'' in Miami, then started ''The Young Turks'' on Sirius Satellite Radio.〔
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