Founder and Host The Young Turks (Washington)

Cenk Uygur is host of The Young Turks, the first ever live, daily web television talk show. The Young Turks is one of the Top 100 You Tube Partners, with over 13 million views a month on their You Tube Channel.

The Young Turks recently won the Best Political Podcast 2009 at the Podcast Awards and Best Political News Site 2009 at the Mashable Awards.

The Young Turks premiered on Sirius Satellite Radio in the first quarter of 2002 as the platform’s first original program before moving to XM Satellite Radio in 2006. The show was also the first nationwide progressive radio show during its tenure at Sirius.

Cenk believes that US politics is totally corrupt and the US media is totally corrupt – The Young Turks is his journalistic response.

Cenk 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. Cenk also blogs on Huffington Post, Daily Kos, ABC News, and Politico.