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