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[12] [13] It has spawned two spin-off television series, one that aired on Current TV [14] from 2011 to 2013 and a second that debuted on Fusion in 2016 as a limited-run program developed to cover the 2016 United States presidential election. The Young Turks also served as the subject of a documentary, entitled Mad as Hell, which was released ...
Cenk Uygur was born in Istanbul, Turkey, to a wealthy Turkish Muslim family. His mother's maiden name was Yavaşça, [7] and his father, Dogan, started life as a rural olive and grape farmer in Kilis, a city in southern Turkey near the Syrian border, later winning a scholarship to a technical university in Istanbul, becoming a mechanical engineer, and starting a company.
During his senior year of college in 2013, Piker interned for The Young Turks (TYT), a progressive news show and network co-founded by his uncle, Cenk Uygur. After graduating, Piker was hired by the network's ad sales and business department. He asked to host the show when a fill-in was needed and later became a host and producer. [5] [14]
Cenk Uygur (left) and Kasparian (right) presenting The Young Turks on June 23, 2015. After filling in as host in April 2007, Kasparian became the producer and co-host with Cenk Uygur of the progressive show The Young Turks. She was at first skeptical of her new work environment as an Armenian, saying: "The Young Turks is a strange name," but ...
It showed that 72% of Democrats believe it’s likely the 2016 election outcome was changed by Russian interference, but that opinion is shared by only 30% of Republicans and 39% of voters not ...
Heading into election night, many were hopeful that Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, would come out victorious. Crowds gathered at the Javits Center in Manhattan to show their support and ...
Justice Democrats. Justice Democrats (JD) is an American progressive political action committee and caucus [4][5][1] founded on January 23, 2017, by two leaders of Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign, Saikat Chakrabarti and Zack Exley, as well as political commentators Kyle Kulinski and Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks. [6]
Gleib was guest co-anchor for a week for ABC News digital, from ABC News world headquarters in New York, and provided election night coverage for them in 2016. He has been a frequent on-air contributor on CNN , The Young Turks , and NPR, winning a Golden Mic Award for his work on Southern California NPR's Patt Morrison's Comedy Congress . [ 15 ]