Hoca

Hoca  is the Turkish spelling of the Persian word Khawaja (Persian: خواجه khwāja, khâjeh), used as a title, given name or surname.

As a title, 'Hoca ' (variant Hodja) 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:


 * Adnan Hoca or Adnan Oktar (born 1956), also known as Harun Yahya, cult leader and Islamic creationist
 * Cinci Hoca (died 1648), Ottoman spiritualist
 * İskilipli Âtıf Hoca (1875–1926), Turkish Islamic scholar
 * Hoca Ali Rıza (1858–1939), Turkish painter
 * Hoca Çelebi or Ebussuud Efendi (1490–1574), Hanafi Ottoman jurist and Qur'an exegete
 * Hoca Niyaz or Hoja-Niyaz, Uyghur independence movement leader who led several rebellions in Xinjiang
 * Hoca Sadüddin Efendi (1536–1599), Ottoman scholar, official, historian, a teacher of Ottoman sultan Murad III
 * Hoca Sefer, captain, who was in charge of pro-Ottoman forces in Gujarat in the first half of the 15th century
 * Nasreddin Hoca or Nasreddin, Seljuq satirical Sufi figure (around 13th century)
 * Fatahillah or Hoca Hassan, Malay commander in the Malacca and Demak sultanates