Khaled Khoja

Khaled Khoja (Arabic: خالد خوجة‎, Turkish: Halid Hoca) is a Syrian-Turkish politician born on 4 July 1965. 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 Arabic: خالد خوجة‎ Turkish: Halit Hoca
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 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. During the rule of President Hafez al-Assad Khoja was detained twice and later studied medicine in University of Izmir, Turkey. 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.[5] Khoja resigned from the National Coalition on 25 April 2018.[6]