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Hoca
, also rendered into English as ''hodja'', is a Turkish language, Turkish word deriving from the Persian language, Persian word , , used as a title, given name or surname. As a honorific title, 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: *Canım Hoca Mehmed Pasha, 18th-century Ottoman admiral *Cinci Hoca (died 1648), Ottoman spiritualist *Adnan Hoca (born 1956), Turkish cult leader and Muslim televangelist *İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, İskilipli Âtıf Hoca (1875–1926), Turkish Islamic scholar *Hoca Ali Rıza (1858–1939), Turkish painter *Ebussuud Effendi, Hoca Çelebi or Ebussuud Efendi (1490–1574), Hanafi Ottoman jurist and Qur'an exegete *Hoca Ishak Efendi (1774–1835), Ottoman engineer and mathematician *Hoca Kadri Efendi (1855–1918), Ottoman journalist and political figure *Hoja-Niyaz, Hoca Niyaz or Hoja-Niyaz, Uyghur independence movement l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasreddin Hoca
Nasreddin () or Nasreddin Hodja (variants include Mullah Nasreddin Hodja, Nasruddin Hodja, Mullah Nasruddin, Mullah Nasriddin, Khoja Nasriddin, Khaja Nasruddin) (1208–1285) is a character commonly found in the folklores of the Muslim world, and a hero of humorous short stories and satirical anecdotes. There are frequent statements about his existence in real life and even archaeological evidence in specific places, for example, a tombstone in the city of Akşehir, Turkey. At the moment, there is no confirmed information or serious grounds to talk about the specific date or place of Nasreddin's birth, so the question of the reality of his existence remains open. Nasreddin appears in thousands of stories, sometimes witty, sometimes wise, but in many of which he is presented as a (holy) fool or as the butt of a joke. A Nasreddin story usually has a subtle humour and a pedagogic nature. The International Nasreddin Hodja festival is celebrated between 5 and 10 July every year in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Karabük, Turkey). According to Joseph von Hammer,Joseph von Hammer:''Osmanlı Tarihi'' cilt II (condensation: Abdülkadir Karahan), Milliyet yayınları, İstanbul. pp. 231-241 he was a descendant of Sadrettin Konevi, a 13th-century Sufi. But unlike his famous ancestor, he made a name as a witch doctor and valide sultan (mother sultana) Kösem invited him to the palace to cure the unbalanced sultan Ibrahim. In 1643, Sultan Ibrahim appointed Cinci as the kadi of Galata and in 1644 as the kazasker of Anatolia () an appointment which caused a great reaction among the ulama. Influence Cinci used his increasing power to increase his wealth by accepting bribes. He was instrumental in executing the able grand vizier Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 and an amateur calligrapher.Biography and appreciation @ Milliyet. After completing his basic education, he attended Kuleli Military High School, continuing to the Turkish Military Academy, where he studied art with Osman Nuri Pasha (painter), Osman Nuri Pasha and Süleyman Seyyid. In 1881, he received an award from Sultan Abdul Hamid II, Abdülhamid II. Three years later, he graduated with the rank of Lieutenant and was appointed an assistant to Nuri Pasha. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoca Ishak Efendi
Hoca Ishak Efendi ( – 1835) was an Ottoman mathematician and engineer. Life Ishak Efendi was born in Arta (now in Greece), probably in 1774, to a Jewish family. His father had converted to Islam. After his father died, he went to Constantinople, where he studied mathematics and foreign languages, learning French, Latin, Greek and Hebrew alongside Turkish, Arabic and Persian. As part of Sultan Mahmud II's attempts to modernize the Ottoman Empire, in 1815 or 1816 he was appointed instructor (hence his title of , ) at the Imperial School of Military Engineering (predecessor of the Istanbul Technical University). In July 1824 he was also named as interpreter (dragoman) to the Sublime Porte in succession to , a post he held until 1828/9, when he was dismissed, possibly due to fears by the secretary of state () Pertev Pasha that he might replace him. During the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-29, Ishak Efendi spent some time supervising the construction of fortresses, before resuming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khawaja
Khawaja () 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 Mizrahi Jews—particularly Kurdish Jews. The name or title ''Khawaja'' was usually given in Arab lands to non-Muslim dignitaries, usually to Jews or Christians. The word comes from the Persian word . In Persian, the title roughly translates to 'Lord' or 'Master'. The Ottoman Turkish pronunciation of the Persian gave rise to ''hodja'' and its equivalents such as in modern Turkish, in Albanian, () in Armenian, (''khoja'') in Azerbaijani, / in Serbo-Croatian, () in Bulgarian, () in Greek, and in Romanian. Other spellings include ( Bengali) and ( Javanese). The term has been rendered into English in various forms since the 1600s, including ''hodgee'', ''hogi'', ''cojah'' and ''khoja''. The name is also used in Egypt and Sudan to indicate a person with a foreign nationality or fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adnan Hoca
Adnan Oktar (; born 2 February 1956), also known as Adnan Hoca or Harun Yahya, is a Turkish cult leader and Muslim televangelist. Between the 2000s and late 2010s, he was engaged in "a massive campaign" of proselytizing Westerners to Islam, producing dozens of vividly illustrated books. On 17 November 2022, he was sentenced to 8,658 years in prison for leading a criminal gang, engaging in political and military espionage, sexual abuse of minors, and other charges. Prior to his arrest, Oktar established and ran two organizations: ''Bilim Araştırma Vakfı'' (BAV), which promoted creationism, and ''Millî Değerleri Koruma Vakfı'' which worked domestically on a variety of moral issues. In the West, before his arrest and trial, Oktar sent thousands of unsolicited copies of his creationist book, '' The Atlas of Creation'', to French schools and universities in January 2007, and several months later to American scientists, members of Congress, science museums and schools. Oktar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoca Kadri Efendi
Hoca Kadri Efendi (1855–1918) was an Ottoman teacher, journalist and political figure who was among the early figures of the Young Turks which would form the Committee of Union and Progress. Early life and education Kadri was born in a village in Herzegovina in 1855 into a Bosniak family. He was raised in Konitsa and worked there as a shepherd. He went to Constantinople at age 21 and attended Fatih Madrasa. He graduated from Darülmuallimîn (Ottoman Turkish: Teacher Training School) in 1881 and received a degree in teaching. Then he was educated at Darülfünun, precursor of Istanbul University. Kadri learned many languages during his education, including Arabic, Persian, French, English and Russian. Career and activities Kadri worked as a teacher at various secondary schools in Constantinople. One of his pupils was Mehmet Akif Ersoy who reported that Hoca Kadri had a significant effect on his future career. Although Kadri was a very successful and influential educator, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoxha (surname)
Hoxha () is an Albanian surname, derived from the Persian title ''khawaja'' ("master") via Turkish ''hoca''. Hoxha is the most common surname in Albania and the 9th most common surname in Kosovo. Notable people with the surname include: Politics and diplomacy * Bedri Hoxha, Albanian politician * Enver Hoxha (1908–1985), Communist leader of Albania in 1944–1985 * Fadil Hoxha (1916–2001), Yugoslav politician and Kosovo's leader during the time of Tito * Fatos Hoxha, Albanian politician * Ferit Hoxha (born 1967), Albanian diplomat * Hysen Hoxha (1861–1934), a signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence; uncle of Enver Hoxha * Ismail Hoxha, Albanian politician * Joe Hoxha, American politician * Nexhmije Hoxha (1921–2020), Albanian politician, wife of Enver Hoxha * Rajmond Hoxha, Albanian politician Sport and games * Alban Hoxha (born 1987), Albanian football goalkeeper * Altin Hoxha (born 1990), Albanian footballer * Arber Hoxha (born 1998), Albanian fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Language
Turkish ( , , also known as 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, a member of Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraqi Turkmen, Iraq, and Syrian Turkmen, Syria. Turkish is the List of languages by total number of speakers, 18th-most spoken language in the world. To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish language, 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 Persian alphabet, Perso-Arabic script-based Ottoman Turkish alphabet was repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish-language Surnames
Turkish ( , , also known as 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, a member of Oghuz branch with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languages of Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraq, and Syria. Turkish is the 18th-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 Perso-Arabic script-based Ottoman Turkish alphabet was replaced with the Latin script-based Turkish alphabet. Some distinctive characteristics of the Turkish language are vowel harmony and exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velika Hoča
Velika (Cyrillic: Велика; "great" (fem.) in South Slavic) may refer to: Places * Velika (bishopric), a medieval bishopric associated with Clement of Ohrid * Velika, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a village in Derventa * Velika, Bulgaria, a village near Tsarevo, in Burgas Province * Velika, Croatia, a village and municipality in Požega-Slavonia County * Velika, Larissa, a beach village in Thessaly, Greece * Velika, Montenegro, a village in Plav * Velika (Česma), a river in Croatia, right tributary of Česma * Velika Jamnička, a village near Pisarovina, Croatia * Velika Petrovagorska, a village near Lobor, Croatia * Velika Veternička, a village near Novi Golubovec, Croatia * Kraljeva Velika, a village near Lipovljani, Croatia * Lovrečka Velika Lovrečka Velika is a settlement (''naselje'') in the Vrbovec administrative territory of Zagreb County, Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoçë E Vogël
Hoçë e Vogël () () is a village in the municipality of Rahovec of the District of Gjakova. Demographics In 2011, the village had a total population of 1,166 people. The entire population of the village were Albanians. History The village of Hoçë e Vogël was mentioned as 'Dolina Hoça' in the Ottoman register of the 16th century. The inhabitants of Hoçë e Vogël had Islamic and Albanian anthropology. The villagers exhibited a blend of anthropological traits, reflecting both Islamic and Albanian characteristics (ex. Mustafa Pjetri, Veli Gjini, Mehmed Gjini etc.). The mansions (‘Bashtina’) listed bore names that were Islamic and Albanian, with a small presence of Slavic names. During the Kosovo War The Kosovo War (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Косовски рат, Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. It ..., on 1–2 April, mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
