Khaled Khoja

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]

Khaled Khoja خالد خوجة (in Arabic) Halit Hoca (in Turkish)
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	(1965-07-04) 4 July 1965 (age 59) 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]

References

1. "Vice President of the Coalition". Etilaf. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
2. "Davutoğlu'nun partisinin kurucusu cihatçı ÖSO'nun lideri çıktı!". BirGün (in Turkish).
3. "Syrian opposition elects new leader". The Times of Israel. AP. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
4. "Former Syrian opposition leader becomes Turkish opposition politician". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
5. "Alptekin Hocaoğlu". Gelecek Partisi. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
6. "Profile: Khaled Khoja, Syria opposition chief". BBC News. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
7. "Three Syria opposition coalition members resign over 'Russian control of peace talks'". Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. 25 April 2018.
8. "Eski ÖSO lideri, Gelecek Partisi kurucusu". Gazete Duvar (in Turkish). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

External links

• Al Jazeera article on Khaled Khoja in 2015

Political offices
Preceded by Hadi al-Bahra	President of the Syrian Opposition 2015–2016	Succeeded by Anas al-Abdah