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 (1931–2017), Turkish basketball player
• Yüksel Ayaydın (born 1989), Turkish kickboxer
• Yüksel Coşkunyürek (born 1965), 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 (born 1972), Turkish football player and coach
• Yuksel Yumerov (born 1968), Bulgarian footballer
• Yüksel Şanlı (born 1973), Turkish Olympic wrestler

Surname

• Anıl Yüksel (born 1990), Turkish tennis player
• Atakan Yüksel (born 1985), Turkish wrestler
• Batu Han Yüksel (born 1999), Turkish weightlifter
• Burak Yacan Yüksel (born 1992), Turkish basketballer
• Burcu Yüksel (born 1990), Turkish high jumper
• Celil Yüksel (born 1998), Turkish footballer
• Damir Ibrić Yüksel (born 1984), Bosnian footballer
• Ece Yüksel (born 1997), Turkish actress
• Edip Yüksel (born 1957), Turkish American moderate religious reformer
• Ekrem Gökay Yüksel (born 1981), Turkish politician
• Gülistan Yüksel (born 1962), German politician
• Levent Yüksel (born 1964), Turkish singer-songwriter
• Mehmet Yuksel (born 1970), German footballer and manager
• Metin Yüksel (1958–1979), Turkish Islamist
• Mikail Yüksel (born 1982), Swedish politician
• Müjde Yüksel (born 1981), Turkish female basketball player
• Saadet Yüksel (born 1983), Turkish judge
• Serdar Yüksel (born 1973), German politician
• Şule Yüksel Şenler (1938–2019), Turkish journalist

See also

• Yüksel, Dinar, village in Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey
• Yüksel Tohumculuk, a Turkish plant breeding company based in Antalya