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Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha
Koca (a Turkish word meaning "great" or "large") may refer to: People Epithet * Koca Ragıp Pasha (1698–1763), Ottoman statesman * Koča Andjelković (1755–1789), Serbian rebel * Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha (1769–1855), Ottoman admiral * Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1800–1858), Ottoman statesman * Koca Yusuf (1857–1898), Turkish professional wrestler * Koca Jon-Trygve Solstrand (1850–1900), Koca Yusuf's worst enemy. * Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ (1488/1490-1588), The chief Ottoman architect and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III Surname * Atilla Koca (born 1980), Turkish footballer * Fahrettin Koca (born 1965), Turkish physician and politician * Gülcan Koca (born 1990), Turkish-Australian female footballer Places * Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque ( tr, Koca Mustafa Paşa Camii; also named ''Sünbül Efendi Camii'') is a former Eastern Orthodox church converted into a mosque by the Ottomans, located in Is ...
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Turkish Language
Turkish ( , ), also referred to as Turkish of Turkey (''Türkiye Türkçesi''), is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 80 to 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Iraq, Syria, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, the Caucasus, and other parts of Europe and Central Asia. Cyprus has requested the European Union to add Turkish as an official language, even though Turkey is not a member state. Turkish is the 13th most spoken language in the world. To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish—the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire—spread as the Ottoman Empire expanded. In 1928, as one of Atatürk's Reforms in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, the Ottoman Turkish alphabet was replaced with a Latin alphabet. The distinctive characteristics of the Turk ...
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Koca Ragıp Pasha
Koca Mehmet Ragıp Pasha (1698–1763) was an Ottoman statesman who served as a civil servant before 1744 as the provincial governor of Egypt from 1744 to 1748 and Grand Vizier from 1757 to 1763. He was also known as a poet. His epithet ''Koca'' means "great" or "giant" in Turkish. Early years His father was Şevki Mustafa, a bureaucrat in the Ottoman Empire. After completing his education, Mehmet Ragıp worked in various parts of the empire as a civil servant. He served as the chief treasurer in Baghdad (then a part of the Ottoman Empire). He was a member of Ottoman representatives in the Treaty of Belgrade in 1739. He was promoted to the post of ''reis ül-küttab'' (equivalent to a modern foreign minister) in 1740. He was the governor of Ottoman Egypt from 1744 to 1748, when he was forced to step down by local troops. As Grand Vizier He was appointed as Grand Vizier on 12 January 1757 by the sultan Osman III. When Osman III died ten months later, Mehmet Ragıp Pasha con ...
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Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha
Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha (also known as Koca Hüsrev Pasha; sometimes known in Western sources as just Husrev Pasha or Khosrew Pasha;Inalcık, Halil. Trans. by Gibb, H.A.R. ''The Encyclopaedia of Islam'', New Ed., Vol. V, Fascicules 79–80, pp. 35 f.Khosrew Pasha. E.J. Brill (Leiden), 1979. Retrieved 13 September 2011. 1769–1855) was an Ottoman admiral, reformer and statesman, who was Kapudan Pasha ("Grand Admiral") of the Ottoman Navy. He reached the position of Grand Vizier rather late in his career, between 2 July 1839 and 8 June 1840 during the reign of Abdulmejid I. However, during the 1820s, he occupied key administrative roles in the fight against regional warlords, the reformation of the army, and the reformation of Turkish attire. He was one of the main statesmen who predicted a war with the Russian Empire, which would eventually be the case with the outbreak of the Crimean War. In Egypt He was probably born around 1756, and it is reported that he was of Abaza de ...
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Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha
Koca (a Turkish word meaning "great" or "large") may refer to: People Epithet * Koca Ragıp Pasha (1698–1763), Ottoman statesman * Koča Andjelković (1755–1789), Serbian rebel * Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha (1769–1855), Ottoman admiral * Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1800–1858), Ottoman statesman * Koca Yusuf (1857–1898), Turkish professional wrestler * Koca Jon-Trygve Solstrand (1850–1900), Koca Yusuf's worst enemy. * Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ (1488/1490-1588), The chief Ottoman architect and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III Surname * Atilla Koca (born 1980), Turkish footballer * Fahrettin Koca (born 1965), Turkish physician and politician * Gülcan Koca (born 1990), Turkish-Australian female footballer Places * Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque ( tr, Koca Mustafa Paşa Camii; also named ''Sünbül Efendi Camii'') is a former Eastern Orthodox church converted into a mosque by the Ottomans, located in Is ...
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Koca Yusuf
Koca (a Turkish word meaning "great" or "large") may refer to: People Epithet * Koca Ragıp Pasha (1698–1763), Ottoman statesman * Koča Andjelković (1755–1789), Serbian rebel * Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha (1769–1855), Ottoman admiral * Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1800–1858), Ottoman statesman * Koca Yusuf (1857–1898), Turkish professional wrestler * Koca Jon-Trygve Solstrand (1850–1900), Koca Yusuf's worst enemy. * Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ (1488/1490-1588), The chief Ottoman architect and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III Surname * Atilla Koca (born 1980), Turkish footballer * Fahrettin Koca (born 1965), Turkish physician and politician * Gülcan Koca (born 1990), Turkish-Australian female footballer Places * Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque ( tr, Koca Mustafa Paşa Camii; also named ''Sünbül Efendi Camii'') is a former Eastern Orthodox church converted into a mosque by the Ottomans, located in I ...
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Koca Jon-Trygve Solstrand
Koca (a Turkish word meaning "great" or "large") may refer to: People Epithet * Koca Ragıp Pasha (1698–1763), Ottoman statesman * Koča Andjelković (1755–1789), Serbian rebel * Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha (1769–1855), Ottoman admiral * Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1800–1858), Ottoman statesman * Koca Yusuf (1857–1898), Turkish professional wrestler * Koca Jon-Trygve Solstrand (1850–1900), Koca Yusuf's worst enemy. * Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ (1488/1490-1588), The chief Ottoman architect and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III Surname * Atilla Koca (born 1980), Turkish footballer * Fahrettin Koca (born 1965), Turkish physician and politician * Gülcan Koca (born 1990), Turkish-Australian female footballer Places * Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque ( tr, Koca Mustafa Paşa Camii; also named ''Sünbül Efendi Camii'') is a former Eastern Orthodox church converted into a mosque by the Ottomans, located in Is ...
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Mimar Sinan
Mimar Sinan ( ota, معمار سينان, translit=Mi'mâr Sinân, , ) ( 1488–1490 – 17 July 1588) also known as Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ, ("Sinan Agha (title), Agha the Grand Architect" or "Grand Sinan") was the chief Ottoman Empire, Ottoman architect ( tr, links=no, mimar) and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II and Murad III. He was responsible for the construction of more than 300 major structures and other more modest projects, such as schools. His apprentices would later design the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul and Stari Most in Mostar. The son of a stonemason, he received a technical education and became a military engineer. He rose rapidly through the ranks to become first an officer and finally a Janissary commander, with the honorific title of Sinan.Goodwin (2001), p. 87 He refined his architectural and engineering skills while on campaign with the Janissaries, becoming expert at constructing fortifications of all kinds, as well ...
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Atilla Koca
Atilla Koca (born 16 July 1980) is a Turkish professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ... for Darica Genclerbirligi. References 1980 births Living people Turkish footballers Association football goalkeepers Süper Lig players Eskişehirspor footballers Sivasspor footballers {{Turkey-footy-goalkeeper-stub ...
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Fahrettin Koca
Fahrettin Koca (born 2 January 1965) is a Turkish physician and politician. He is the List of Ministers of Health of Turkey, minister of health of the Cabinet Erdoğan IV, 66th government of Turkey. Early life and education Fahrettin Koca was born on 2 January 1965 in the village Ömeranlı of Konya's Kulu, Konya, Kulu district. He completed his primary and secondary education in Konya and high school in Bursa. After graduating from Istanbul University Medical School in 1988, he received the title of medical doctor. He completed his specialization in the Department of Child Health and Diseases at the Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical School. Career Koca became a pediatrician in 1995. He worked as a doctor and medical director in various health institutions. He was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Istanbul Medipol University, which was founded in 2009 by the Education Health and Research Foundation (TESA), of which he was the founding president. He is a member of t ...
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Gülcan Koca
Gülcan Koca (born 4 September 1990) is a retired Turkish-Australian women's football defender, who last played for Australian W-League team Melbourne Victory, and for Calder United in the Football Federation Victoria. She was a member of the Turkey women's national football team from 2010 to 2013. Club career Koca played for Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory e ... for nine W-League seasons from 2010 to 2018. She was considered as one of the most versatile players on the team, as she was able to play as both an attacker and defender. She won the W-League Championship with the Victory in the 2013–14 season. On September 13, 2018, Koca announced her retirement from professional football. She continues to play semi professionally with Calder un ...
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Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque
Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque ( tr, Koca Mustafa Paşa Camii; also named ''Sünbül Efendi Camii'') is a former Eastern Orthodox church converted into a mosque by the Ottomans, located in Istanbul, Turkey. The church, as the adjoining monastery, was dedicated to Saint Andrew of Crete, and was named Saint Andrew in Krisei or by-the-Judgment ( el, , ''Monē tοu Hagiοu Andreοu en tē Krisei''). Although heavily transformed during both the Byzantine and the Ottoman eras, it is one among the few churches in Istanbul still extant, whose foundation goes back to the sixth century. Location The building lies in the Istanbul district of Fatih, in the neighborhood of Kocamustafapaşa, along ''Koca Mustafa Paşa Caddesi''. It is placed inside the walled city, and not far from the church of Saint John of Stoudion, on the slopes of the seventh hill of Constantinople near the sea of Marmara. History Byzantine period At the beginning of the 5th century, Princess Arcadia, sister of Emperor T ...
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