Cenk Uygur

Founder and Host of The Young Turks Network

Cenk Uygur is the CEO and founder of TYT, host of The Young Turks, the largest online news show in the world, and co-founded the Justice Democrats. Cenk is also the bestselling author of “Justice is Coming”. With a verified global audience of more than 500 million views a month and 25 billion total video views, TYT is the #1 most engaged news and politics network. Uygur launched The Young Turks as a talk show on Sirius Satellite Radio in 2002 and started uploading videos on YouTube in 2005. Since then, The Young Turks has become the longest-running daily stream online, as the leading news and politics show for young, progressive viewers. He’s also appeared on “Cuomo Prime Time”, ABC News’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos”, NPR, Headline News, E!, Al Jazeera, Voice of America, WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show”, and Fox News Channel. Uygur was the host of The Young Turks on Current TV, which was the most popular show on the channel’s two-year run. Prior to Current TV, Uygur was the host of MSNBC Live at 6 pm. Uygur graduated from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Law School.

Debates Featuring Cenk Uygur

Can Israel Make Peace with Hamas?

With Cenk Uygur, Mosab Hassan Yousef

August 9, 2024

After the October 7th attack, Israel vowed to eradicate Hamas and began its counteroperation in Gaza. Now, after ten months of war, a hostage crisis, and an increasing death toll, Israel and Hamas have been in negotiation talks, which could be complicated by the death of Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh. Should Israel agree to a permanent ceasefire? Those who think Israel should make peace with Hamas argue that while Hamas’s actions are indefensible, a de-escalation of violence is necessary,…