Yücel
Yücel [ ˈjyd͡ʒel ] is a Turkish male and female first name and family name .
Yücel means “become sublime!”. It is the imperative (form of command) of the verb “yücelmek” (“to be exalted, to strengthen one's character, to ascend”).
Name bearer
Male first name
- Yücel Aşkın (* 1943), Turkish university professor, author and documentary filmmaker
- Yücel Candemir (* 1995), Turkish soccer player
- Yücel Erten (* 1945), Turkish actor, director, writer, translator and artistic director
- Yücel Feyzioğlu (* 1946), Turkish-German children's book author and satirist
- Yücel İldiz (* 1953), Turkish football coach
- Yücel Sivri (* 1961), Turkish-born journalist, poet, writer and translator
- Yücel Yıldırım (* 1993), Turkish soccer player
family name
- Adnan Yücel (1953-2002), Turkish poet
- Ali Yücel (1930–1981), Turkish wrestler
- Can Yücel (1926–1999), Turkish poet and essayist
- Deniz Yücel (* 1973), German-Turkish journalist
- Dilek Mayaturk-Yücel (* 1986), German-Turkish documentary film producer and author and poet
- Hasan Ali Yücel (1897–1961), Turkish politician, author and literary translator
- Mukadder Seyhan Yücel (* 1971), Turkish university professor for German studies
- Perihan Yücel (1952–1970), known as Hippi Perihan , icon of the Turkish hippie movement
- Sedat Yücel (* 1987), German soccer player
- Uğur Yücel (* 1957), Turkish actor, film producer and director