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 Yüksel Alkan (1 May 1931 – 23 November 2017) was a Turkish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), o ...

, Turkish basketball player * Yüksel Ayaydın, Turkish kickboxer * Yüksel Coşkunyürek, Turkish politician * Yüksel Koptagel (born 1931), Turkish composer and pianist *

Yüksel Pazarkaya Yüksel Pazarkaya (born 1940) is a Turkish people, Turkish writer. He was born in 1940 in Izmir and studied engineering at the University of Stuttgart, before turning to study literature and philosophy. He has taught at universities in Germany (St ...

(born 1940), Turkish writer, translator and broadcaster *

Yüksel Sariyar Yüksel Sariyar (born 1 August 1979) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. Club career Sariyar came through the youth ranks at Austria Wien but he made his professional debut at Gençlerbirliği befo ...

(born 1979), Austrian footballer * Yüksel Yavuz (born 1964), Turkish-born German Kurdish film director *

Yüksel Yesilova Yüksel Yeşilova (born 30 October 1968 in Adana, Turkey) is a retired Turkish football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally ...

, Turkish football player and coach *

Yüksel Yılmaz Yüksel or Yuksel is a Turkish given name and surname meaning "rise!", imperative of "yükselmek" ("to rise"). Notable people with the name include: Given name * Yüksel Alkan, Turkish basketball player * Yüksel Ayaydın, Turkish kickboxer * Yüks ...

, Turkish martial artist and writer *

Yuksel Yumerov Yuksel Yumerov (first name spelt in Turkish as Yüksel) ( bg, Юксел Юмеров) (born 16 October 1968) is a former Bulgarian footballer of Bulgarian-Turkish descent. Among his club teams are PFC Shumen 2010, Han Asparouh (Isperih) and Be ...

, Bulgarian footballer * Yüksel Şanlı, Turkish Olympic wrestler

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Atakan Yüksel Atakan Yüksel (born August 13, 1985) is a Turkish wrestler competing in the 66 kg division of Greco-Roman style. The athlete is a member of ASKİ Club in Ankara, where he is coached by Mehmet Akif Pirim. He qualified for the 2012 Summe ...

(born 1985), Turkish wrestler *

Batu Han Yüksel Batu Han Yüksel (born 4 October 1999), also known as Batuhan Yüksel, is a Turkish weight lifter competing in the 81 kg division. Personal life Batu Han Yüksel was born in Ankara, Turkey on 4 October 1999. Sport career Yüksel is a m ...

(born 1999), Turkish weightlifter * Edip Yüksel (born 1957), Turkish American moderate religious reformer *

Gülistan Yüksel Gülistan Yüksel (born 27 March 1962) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag, the German parliament, since 2013. Early life and professional career Yüksel was born in Adana ...

(born 1962), German politician * Levent Yüksel (born 1964), Turkish singer-songwriter * Metin Yüksel (1958–1979), Turkish Islamist * Müjde Yüksel (born 1981), Turkish female basketball player

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