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Hoca is the Turkish spelling of the Persian word Khawaja, used as a title, given name or surname. It may refer to:
- Adnan Hoca or Adnan Oktar (born 1956), also known as Harun Yahya, author and Islamic creationist
- Cinci Hoca (died 1648), Ottoman spiritualist
- İskilipli Mehmed Atıf Hoca (1875–1926), Turkish Islamic scholar
- Hoca Ali Riza (1858–1939), Turkish painter
- Hoca Celebi 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 Sadeddin 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)
See also
- Velika Hoča, village in Kosovo
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