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Cenk Kadir Uygur is a Turkish-American lawyer, businessman, columnist, journalist, activist and political commentator. Uygur is the main host and creator of The Young Turks , an American progressive political and social commentary program. Before beginning his career as a political commentator, he worked briefly as an associate attorney in Washington, D.C. and New York City. As a young man, Uygur supported social conservative views, opposed abortion, affirmative action and feminism in the United States. Over time his views changed; he is now a leading voice in the progressive movement.

In addition to hosting The Young Turks, Uygur appeared on MSNBC as a political commentator. From January to June 2011, he hosted a weeknight commentary show on the network; he was replaced by Al Sharpton. After leaving MSNBC, Uygur secured another weeknight commentary show on Current TV, which aired from December 5, 2011, to August 15, 2013. From 2012 to 2013, he was the chief news officer at Current TV, succeeding Keith Olbermann.

✵ 21. March 1970
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“Jesus is said to have said on the cross, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?" Because Jesus was insane and the God he thought would rescue him did not exist. And he died on that cross like a fool. He fancied himself the son of God and he could barely convince twelve men to follow him at a time when the world was full of superstition.”

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"If You're a Christian, Muslim or Jew - You are Wrong", The Huffington Post (23 October 2005) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/if-youre-a-christian-musl_b_9349.html

“If president Obama is doing the wrong thing, I'm not going to tell you that he's doing the right thing so I can “support him.””

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MSNBC Live (29 June 2011)

“The claims of an Armenian Genocide are not based on historical facts. If the history of the period is examined it becomes evident that in fact no such genocide took place.”

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"Column: Historical Fact or Falsehood?", The Daily Pennsylvanian (20 November 1991) http://www.webcitation.org/68YqvmgSY; but see: "Rescinding Daily Pennsylvanian Article" https://tytnetwork.com/2016/04/22/rescinding-daily-pennsylvanian-article/ by Cenk Uygur (22 April 2016).

“If you're racist you're not that clever. I mean, you couldn't even figure out that we're all the f---ing same.”

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"The SCARIEST Thing About Trump" (15 February 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I49V9pdeVY4

“You remember that time that the mainstream media wrote that positive story about @SenSanders? Oh right, neither do I.”

Cenk Uygur

Twitter post https://twitter.com/cenkuygur/status/1080722976276803584 (2 Jan 2019)

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