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 Turgut Yüksel (born 1978), German-Turkish politician (SPD)
See also Yüksel, Dinar, village in Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey Yüksel Tohumculuk, a Turkish plant breeding company based in Antalya