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
 * Yuksel Yumerov, Bulgarian footballer
 * Yüksel Şanlı, Turkish Olympic wrestler

Surname

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