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.
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