Personal Profile


 Cenk Uygur is host of "The Young Turks," the first ever live, daily web television talk show. "The Young Turks" is the largest online news show in the world, and one of the Top 50 YouTube Partners, with more than 30 million views a month and a half a billion video views total on "The Young Turks" on YouTube Channel. Uygur is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School of Business and Columbia University Law School. He worked as a lawyer, television writer and television host before starting "The Young Turks." Uygur also contributes to The Huffington Post, Daily Kos, ABC News and Politico. The Young Turks has received numerous awards, including: a 2011 People's Voice Webby Award for Best News & Politics: Series; a 2011 News/Politics Shorty Award; the Best Political Podcast Award, 2009; and The Best Political News Site at the 2009 Mashable Awards.

Favorite Movie: Braveheart, Dead Poet's Society
Favorite Politician: The Four Horsemen: Russ Feingold, Al Gore, Barack Obama and Howard Dean
Favorite Book/Author: Salman Rushdie
Favorite Celebrity: Alec Baldwin
Favorite TV Show: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Lost, Sopranos, Rescue Me, The Wire, Deadwood
Favorite TV Host: Ben Mankiewicz
Favorite Historical Figure: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Favorite Place: East Brunswick, New Jersey
Favorite Food: Iskender, Subs
Favorite Team: Pittsburgh Steelers
Favorite Sport: Football
Favorite Magazine: Vanity Fair
Favorite Singer/Band: I'm nearly music illiterate; right now I'm listening to Kelly Clarkson, Johnny Cash, Fifty Cent
Favorite Product: Popeye's Chicken
Favorite Car: BMW 3 Series
Favorite Hobby: Rotiss
Hottest Girl/Guy: Freida Pinto, Kim Kardashian, Rosario Dawson, Shyamali (Sanjaya's sister)
Favorite Question: What's the good news today?