Yüksel or Yuksel is a Turkish given name and surname meaning "rise!", imperative of "yükselmek" ("to rise"). Notable people with the name include:

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* Yüksel Alkan, Turkish basketball player *

Yüksel Ayaydın Yüksel Ayaydın is a Turkish retired kickboxer who professionally competed from 2006 until 2018. He is the former WFC European Heavyweight Muaythai Champion, as well as the former WMC World Heavyweight Champion. Kickboxing career Yuksel Ayayd ...

, Turkish kickboxer * Yüksel Coşkunyürek, Turkish politician *

Yüksel Koptagel Yüksel Koptagel (born 27 October 1931) is a Turkish composer and pianist. She was born in Istanbul, Turkey, granddaughter of General Osman Nuri Koptagel, a commander in the Turkish War of Independence. Her maternal great grandfather Abdul Kari ...

(born 1931), Turkish composer and pianist * Yüksel Pazarkaya (born 1940), Turkish writer, translator and broadcaster * Yüksel Sariyar (born 1979), Austrian footballer *

Yüksel Yavuz Yüksel Yavuz (born 1 February 1964 in Karakoçan, Turkey) is a Kurdish people, Kurdish film director from Turkey. Early life and education Since 1980, he has lived in Germany, where he lived with his father who had found work at the port of H ...

(born 1964), Turkish-born German Kurdish film director * Yüksel Yesilova, Turkish football player and coach * Yüksel Yılmaz, Turkish martial artist and writer * Yuksel Yumerov, Bulgarian footballer *

Yüksel Şanlı Yüksel Şanlı (born November 14, 1973) is a former competitor in Freestyle Wrestling from Turkey. Şanlı was in the 1996 Olympic Games and the 2000 Olympic Games. He finished 15th in 1996 and 9th in 2000. He also represented Turkey at the Wor ...

, Turkish Olympic wrestler

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* Atakan Yüksel (born 1985), Turkish wrestler * Batu Han Yüksel (born 1999), Turkish weightlifter *

Edip Yüksel Edip Yüksel (born December 20, 1957 in Güroymak, Turkey) is an American-Kurdish activist and prominent figure in the Quranism movement. He is a colleague and friend of the late Rashad Khalifa. Biography Yüksel comes from a Kurdish family w ...

(born 1957), Turkish American moderate religious reformer * Gülistan Yüksel (born 1962), German politician *

Levent Yüksel Levent Uğur Yüksel (born October 21, 1964) is a Turkish pop singer and multi instrumentalist. He has been active in live music industry since 1993. Life Yüksel's interest in arts and music started in an early age. He started to play violin at ...

(born 1964), Turkish singer-songwriter *

Metin Yüksel Metin Yüksel (July 17, 1958 – February 23, 1979), was a Kurdish-Turkish political and social Islamist activist. One of the main leaders of Turkey's Islamic movement during the 1970s, he also led the Akıncılar Organization, a political or ...

(1958–1979), Turkish Islamist *

Müjde Yüksel Müjde Yüksel (born 9 March 1981 in Kadıköy, İstanbul) is a former Turkish female basketball player. The 1.80 m (5' 11") national competitor played in the forward position. After Yüksel played for Migrosspor, she transferred to Fenerbahç ...

(born 1981), Turkish female basketball player

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