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Khaled Khoja (Arabic: خالد خوجة, Turkish: Halid Hoca, born 4 July 1965) is a Syrian-Turkish politician. He was the president of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces from 2015 to 2016.[3] He was born to a Turkish family, and can speak both Turkish and Arabic. He is a Turkish citizen since 1993.[4]
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Khaled Khoja خالد خوجة (in Arabic) Halit Hoca (in Turkish) | |
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President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces | |
In office 4 January 2015 – 5 March 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Ahmad Tu'mah |
Vice President | Hisham Ibrahim Marwah[1] |
Preceded by | Hadi al-Bahra |
Succeeded by | Anas al-Abdah |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 July 1965 Damascus, Syria |
Nationality | Syrian Turkish |
Political party | Independent Future Party (2019-)[2] |
Alma mater | İzmir University |
Khoja was born in Damascus in 1965. His ethnic background is Syrian Turkmen. He finished his highschool education in Ubari, Libya.[5] During the rule of President Hafez al-Assad Khoja was detained twice. He studied political science in Istanbul University between 1985 and 1987.[5] But later he studied medicine in University of Izmir, Turkey between 1987 and 1995.[5] After the Syrian uprising began in 2011, Khoja participated in founding of several opposition groups, including the Syrian National Council in October 2011. Before being elected as a National Coalition president he served as the National Coalition's representative in Turkey.[6] Khoja resigned from the National Coalition on 25 April 2018.[7]
Halid Hoca changed his name to Alptekin Hocaoğlu after he became a Turkish citizen.[8] He was among the founders of Ahmet Davutoğlu's Future Party in 2019.[5][8]
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