Hoca is the Turkish spelling of the Persian word

Khawaja Khawaja (Persian language, Persian: خواجه ''khvâjəh'') is an honorific title used across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia, particularly towards Sufi teachers. It is also used by Kashmiri Muslims and the Mizrah ...

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: خواجه ''khwāja, khâjeh''), used as a title, given name or surname. As a title, Hoca''' (variant ''Hodja'') means “master” and is commonly used for teachers, professors, leaders, and in general, wise people. It is also used as a slang word between friends. It may refer to: * Adnan Hoca or Adnan Oktar (born 1956), also known as Harun Yahya, cult leader and Islamic creationist *

Cinci Hoca Cinci Hoca (literally "hoca of jinn") is the epithet of Karabaşzade Hüseyin Efendi, a 17th-century Ottoman spiritualist whose influence on the sultan caused many problems in the empire. Life He was born in Safranbolu (in modern province of K ...

(died 1648), Ottoman spiritualist * İskilipli Âtıf Hoca (1875–1926), Turkish Islamic scholar *

Hoca Ali Rıza Hoca Ali Rıza (1858 in Üsküdar – 20 March 1930 in Üsküdar) was a Turkish painter and art teacher, known primarily for his Impressionist landscapes and architectural paintings. Biography Hoca Ali Rıza's father was a cavalry major an ...

(1858–1939), Turkish painter * Hoca Çelebi or Ebussuud Efendi (1490–1574), Hanafi Ottoman jurist and Qur'an exegete * Hoca Niyaz or Hoja-Niyaz, Uyghur independence movement leader who led several rebellions in Xinjiang * Hoca Sadüddin Efendi (1536–1599), Ottoman scholar, official, historian, a teacher of Ottoman sultan Murad III *

Hoca Sefer Hoca Sefer ( 1536–38) was an Ottoman captain in charge of pro-Ottoman forces in Gujarat in the first half of the 16th century. Hoca Sefer, who had been installed by the Ottoman captain Selman Reis, attempted to maintain Ottoman influence in Diu ...

, captain, who was in charge of pro-Ottoman forces in Gujarat in the first half of the 15th century *

Nasreddin Hoca Nasreddin () or Nasreddin Hodja (other variants include: Mullah Nasreddin Hooja, Nasruddin Hodja, Mullah Nasruddin, Mullah Nasriddin, Khoja Nasriddin) (1208-1285) is a character in the folklore of the Muslim world from Arabia to Central Asia ...

or Nasreddin, Seljuq satirical Sufi figure (around 13th century) * Hoca Hassan a

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whose real name is Maulana Sayyid Fadillah who was also known as

Fatahillah Fatahillah, Fadhillah Khan, or Falatehan (Portuguese writing) was a commander of the Sultanate of Demak who is known for leading the conquest of Sunda Kelapa in 1527 and changing it name to Jayakarta. The conquest of Sunda Kelapa was one of his ...

or Tu' Bagus Pasai, the chief of public security (Malay: ''Temenggong Khoja Hassan'') for the last Malacca Sultan and disposed

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: ''Laksamana Khoja Hassan'') whom falsely accuse Tun Mutahir to seize the Sultan's power thus become the reason of the

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of the

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Empire to the

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. He then became a commander for the

Demak Sultanate The Demak Sultanate (کسلطانن دمق) was a Javanese Muslim state located on Java's north coast in Indonesia, at the site of the present-day city of Demak. A port fief to the Hindu-Buddhist Majapahit kingdom thought to have been founded in ...

and conquered the port of

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and renamed it to Jayakarta or to what is known today as

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