Cenk Uygur

Cenk Kadir Uygur born March 21 1970 is a TurkishAmerican progressive political commentator media host attorney journalist and politician Uygur is the creator of The Young Turks an American leftwing sociopolitical progressive news and commentary program Before beginning his career as a political commentator he worked briefly as an associate attorney in Washington DC and New York City As a young man Uygur supported social conservative positions but as his views evolved he began to identify as a progressive Uygur also cofounded the progressive political action committee Justice Democrats along with Zack Exley Saikat Chakrabarti and Kyle Kulinski