Yüksel
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
- Yüksel Coşkunyürek, Turkish politician
- Yüksel Koptagel (born 1931), Turkish composer and pianist
- Yüksel Pazarkaya (born 1940), Turkish writer, translator and broadcaster
- Yüksel Sariyar (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, Turkish Olympic wrestler
Surname[]
- Atakan Yüksel (born 1985), Turkish wrestler
- Edip Yüksel (born 1957), Turkish American moderate religious reformer
- Gülistan Yüksel (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
See also[]
- Yüksel, Dinar, village in Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey
- Yüksel Tohumculuk, a Turkish plant breeding company based in Antalya
Categories:
- Given names
- Turkish-language surnames
- Turkish masculine given names