Yakup

Yakup is a Turkish given name for males and is a cognate of Jacob and James. People named Yakup include:


 * Yakup Ağa (fl. 1462), Ottoman cavalry knight
 * Yakup Bugun (born 1987), Turkish footballer
 * Yakup Gör (born 1988), Turkish sport wrestler
 * Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889–1974), Turkish novelist
 * Yakup Kılıç (born 1986), Turkish boxer
 * Yakup Satar (1898–2008), last Turkish veteran of the First World War
 * Yakup Sertkaya (born 1978), Turkish footballer
 * Yakup Şener (born 1990), Turkish amateur boxer
 * Yakup Şevki Subaşı (1876–1939), general of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army
 * Yakup Taş (1959–2023), Turkish politician
 * Yakup Yıldız (born 1992), Turkish archer