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]