Hoca is the Turkish spelling of the Persian word Khawaja ( Persian: 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 ...

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

Malay Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesi ...

whose real name is Maulana Sayyid Fadillah who was also known as Fatahillah 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 fall of the

Malacca Malacca ( ms, Melaka) is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Strait of Malacca. Its capital is Malacca City, dubbed the Historic City, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site si ...

Empire to the Portuguese. He then became a commander for the Demak Sultanate and conquered the port of Sunda Kelapa and renamed it to Jayakarta or to what is known today as

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

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