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 (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