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Hoca

( ), also rendered into English as hodja, is a Turkish word deriving from the Persian word , , used as a title, given name or surname. As a honorific title, 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: *Canım Hoca Mehmed Pasha, 18th-century Ottoman admiral *Cinci Hoca (died 1648), Ottoman spiritualist *Adnan Hoca (born 1956), Turkish cult leader and Muslim televangelist *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 Ishak Efendi (1774–1835), Ottoman engineer and mathematician *Hoca Kadri Efendi (1855–1918), Ottoman journalist and political figure *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 *Hoca Tahsin Efendi (1811–1881), Albanian astronomer, mathematician and philosopher *Nasreddin Hoca or Nasreddin, Seljuq satirical Sufi figure (around 13th century) *Fatahillah or Hoca Hassan, Malay commander in the Malacca and Demak sultanates

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( ), also rendered into English as hodja, is a Turkish word deriving from the Persian word , , used as a title, given name or surname. As a honorific title, 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: *Canım Hoca Mehmed Pasha, 18th-century Ottoman admiral *Cinci Hoca (died 1648), Ottoman spiritualist *Adnan Hoca (born 1956), Turkish cult leader and Muslim televangelist *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 Ishak Efendi (1774–1835), Ottoman engineer and mathematician *Hoca Kadri Efendi (1855–1918), Ottoman journalist and political figure *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 *Hoca Tahsin Efendi (1811–1881), Albanian astronomer, mathematician and philosopher *Nasreddin Hoca or Nasreddin, Seljuq satirical Sufi figure (around 13th century) *Fatahillah or Hoca Hassan, Malay commander in the Malacca and Demak sultanates

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1956 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1956". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344826087

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