This review is for the people who doesn't know much about TYT. When you first come across their show, you'll see and hear two opposite extreme reactions about them and it might be confusing for someone who doesn't know some background about the show and its two main hosts; Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian. Instead of writing about how much I love TYT and what a great show it is, I'll explain what TYT really is, I'll answer some of the most FAQ about them and I'll list some of the frequent lies some people keep telling about them and explain why they are flat-out lies, objectively.
THE NAME
What does the name of the show mean and does it have anything to do with Turkey? Is it a reference to some anti-Armenian group?(NO) The shows name has two simple explanations;
1. The dictionary definition perfectly fits their political views. This is the definition from the Oxford Dictionaries: ''A young person eager for radical change to the established order.'' That's exactly who they are. They are against Hillary as much as they are against Trump.
2. Cenk believes in fighting aggressively for the change for the better and he likes dramatic names. For example he is the one who named the Justice Democrats. Every friday, they have a Power Panel, etc. You got the idea.
The show has nothing to do with Turkey. They cover American Politics.
The shows name has nothing to do with and not a reference to any anti-Armenian group. Go to Wikipedia Young Turks (disambiguation) page, you'll see a lot things, there is even a group of Republicans in the 60s, named Young Turks, so do you think they were also interested in Armenia or Turkey? That is absurd. Accusing Cenk for the shows name is same as accusing someone of beating their wives, just because they are wearing a wife beater, it is a pathetic smear attempt that is ridiculous. People who tell TYT or Cenk is anti-Armenian(or genocide denier) are either flat-out lying or they bought into such lies and repeating them ignorantly.
CENK UYGUR
Who is Cenk Uygur? What's up with his past? Is he a genocide(Armenian) denier?(NO) Is he a muslim apologist?(NO) Is he muslim?(NO) Is he anti-semite?(NO) Did he write some bad stuff in the past?(Yes, but he no longer has those views)
You might have been born into a left or even progressive family in California. But Cenk, like most of us, didn't have parents who were politically savvy. His parents migrated from Turkey when Cenk was 8 and he had to discover a lot of things both about America and Politics, on his own. He is like a protagonist with a character arc from a traditional story. Yes, he was a republican in his youth. As he explained many times, he was trying to be polically incorrect and edgy and as a result he wrote some stupid stuff. But he was open-minded and smart and he grew out of that phase as he learnt more. Not many of us can look at the things we did in our youth without embarrassment. Judge Cenk on what he says on TYT, not on what he said when he was a kid. And be aware, people will use those to attack Cenk because they know they can't attack him for what he stands for now.
Cenk currently accepts the fact that he knows nothing about Armenian genocide and he doesn't deny it. Ana speaks about it freely on the show(she believes it happened) and people(mostly trolls and some who bought into their lies) still calls them deniers. There is a video in which Ana directly responses to that. You can easily find it on Youtube.
Cenk is an agnostic/atheist and he openly mocks all religions, including Islam. When Cenk critisizes killing thousands of civilians in Muslim countries, trolls call him a muslim apologist. The other reason is the famous debate with Sam Harris. Sam, deliberately or otherwise, tries to dehumanize muslims all across the world. His position can be summarized as ''Christianity is bad, but Muslims are fundamentally the worst.'' Cenk knows this kind of talk will dehumanize people in the eyes of an average listener and that is what he is against, in that debate.
Cenk is not an anti-semite. Calling out Israeli goverments oppressive behavior is not same as being an anti-semite. This is a common right-wing nonsense. While they organize nazi marches, clowns like Ben Shapiro call the left anti-semite because they are against oppression.
CONCLUSION
Because IMDb has a certain word-limit, I cannot cover every single thing I originally wanted to. But I believe I did most of the important ones. And I hope I was helpful for people who were confused. If you still have questions, go and see what they have to say for yourself. They have been fighting for progressive ideas for years and despite the tremendeous effort to smear them, they grow bigger and bigger.
THE NAME
What does the name of the show mean and does it have anything to do with Turkey? Is it a reference to some anti-Armenian group?(NO) The shows name has two simple explanations;
1. The dictionary definition perfectly fits their political views. This is the definition from the Oxford Dictionaries: ''A young person eager for radical change to the established order.'' That's exactly who they are. They are against Hillary as much as they are against Trump.
2. Cenk believes in fighting aggressively for the change for the better and he likes dramatic names. For example he is the one who named the Justice Democrats. Every friday, they have a Power Panel, etc. You got the idea.
The show has nothing to do with Turkey. They cover American Politics.
The shows name has nothing to do with and not a reference to any anti-Armenian group. Go to Wikipedia Young Turks (disambiguation) page, you'll see a lot things, there is even a group of Republicans in the 60s, named Young Turks, so do you think they were also interested in Armenia or Turkey? That is absurd. Accusing Cenk for the shows name is same as accusing someone of beating their wives, just because they are wearing a wife beater, it is a pathetic smear attempt that is ridiculous. People who tell TYT or Cenk is anti-Armenian(or genocide denier) are either flat-out lying or they bought into such lies and repeating them ignorantly.
CENK UYGUR
Who is Cenk Uygur? What's up with his past? Is he a genocide(Armenian) denier?(NO) Is he a muslim apologist?(NO) Is he muslim?(NO) Is he anti-semite?(NO) Did he write some bad stuff in the past?(Yes, but he no longer has those views)
You might have been born into a left or even progressive family in California. But Cenk, like most of us, didn't have parents who were politically savvy. His parents migrated from Turkey when Cenk was 8 and he had to discover a lot of things both about America and Politics, on his own. He is like a protagonist with a character arc from a traditional story. Yes, he was a republican in his youth. As he explained many times, he was trying to be polically incorrect and edgy and as a result he wrote some stupid stuff. But he was open-minded and smart and he grew out of that phase as he learnt more. Not many of us can look at the things we did in our youth without embarrassment. Judge Cenk on what he says on TYT, not on what he said when he was a kid. And be aware, people will use those to attack Cenk because they know they can't attack him for what he stands for now.
Cenk currently accepts the fact that he knows nothing about Armenian genocide and he doesn't deny it. Ana speaks about it freely on the show(she believes it happened) and people(mostly trolls and some who bought into their lies) still calls them deniers. There is a video in which Ana directly responses to that. You can easily find it on Youtube.
Cenk is an agnostic/atheist and he openly mocks all religions, including Islam. When Cenk critisizes killing thousands of civilians in Muslim countries, trolls call him a muslim apologist. The other reason is the famous debate with Sam Harris. Sam, deliberately or otherwise, tries to dehumanize muslims all across the world. His position can be summarized as ''Christianity is bad, but Muslims are fundamentally the worst.'' Cenk knows this kind of talk will dehumanize people in the eyes of an average listener and that is what he is against, in that debate.
Cenk is not an anti-semite. Calling out Israeli goverments oppressive behavior is not same as being an anti-semite. This is a common right-wing nonsense. While they organize nazi marches, clowns like Ben Shapiro call the left anti-semite because they are against oppression.
CONCLUSION
Because IMDb has a certain word-limit, I cannot cover every single thing I originally wanted to. But I believe I did most of the important ones. And I hope I was helpful for people who were confused. If you still have questions, go and see what they have to say for yourself. They have been fighting for progressive ideas for years and despite the tremendeous effort to smear them, they grow bigger and bigger.