Yakup is a
Turkish
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* of or about Turkey
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given name for males and is a cognate of
Jacob and
James. People named Yakup include:
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Yakup Ağa (fl. 1462), Ottoman cavalry knight
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Yakup Bugun (born 1987), Turkish footballer
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Yakup Gör (born 1988), Turkish sport wrestler
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Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889–1974), Turkish novelist
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Yakup Kılıç (born 1986), Turkish boxer
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Yakup Satar (1898–2008), last Turkish veteran of the First World War
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Yakup Sertkaya (born 1978), Turkish footballer
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Yakup Şener (born 1990), Turkish amateur boxer
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Yakup Şevki Subaşı (1876–1939), general of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army
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Yakup Yıldız
Yakup Yıldız (born 4 October 2002) is a Turkish male compound archer and part of the national team.
Sport career
Yıldız won the gold medal together with his teammates in the second leg of the 2021 Archery World Cup in Lausanne, Switzerla ...
(born 1992), Turkish archer
See also
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Yakub
Yakub or Yaqub ( ar, يعقوب, Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb , links=no, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob (name), Jacob and James (name), James. The Arabic form ''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb'' may be direct ...
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Jacob (name)
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Turkish masculine given names