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 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 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, 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 Worl ...

, 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 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 (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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