What is Cenk Uygur?
[[File:Cenk Uygur by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|200px|Cenk Uygur in June 2016]] '''Cenk Kadir Uygur''' (born March 21, 1970) is a [[Turkish people|Turkish]]-[[Americans|American]] political activist, politician and commentator and [[Internet]] personality. He is the main host and co-founder of the Internet [[talk radio]] show ''[[The Young Turks]]'' (''TYT''). He also was the main host on the television version of the show that aired on [[Current TV]] and later [[Al Jazeera America]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/|title=Cenk Uygur biography|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=February 12, 2014}}</ref> Uygur was born in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]. He immigrated to [[East Brunswick, New Jersey]] when he was 8 years. On November 14, 2019, Uygur announced his candidacy for the [[2020 California's 25th congressional district special election|2020 special election]] in [[California|California's]] [[California's 25th congressional district|25th congressional district]] to replace [[Katie Hill (politician)|Katie Hill]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Ecarma |first=Caleb |publisher=Mediaite |title=Cenk Uygur Files to Run For Congress in Katie Hill's District |date=November 13, 2019 |access-date=November 13, 2019 |url=https://www.mediaite.com/election-2020/cenk-uygur-files-to-run-for-congress-in-katie-hills-district/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wulfsohn |first=Joseph |publisher=Fox News |title=Liberal host Cenk Uygur files for congressional run in Katie Hill's former district |date=November 13, 2019 |access-date=November 13, 2019 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/cenk-uygur-congress-run-katie-hill-california}}</ref><ref> {{cite tweet |author=Cenk Uygur |user=cenkuygur |number= 1195153486247161856 |date=November 14, 2019 |title= I'm running for Congress to represent CA-25. If we fight together for this seat, it will be the People's seat. Fight with me by donating now secure.actblue.com/donate/cenk-fo… #cenk2020 |link= https://twitter.com/cenkuygur/status/1195153486247161856?s=21 |access-date=Nov