Osman Kocaoğlu
Osman Kocaoğlu | |
|---|---|
Usmonxoʻja Poʻlatxoʻjayev | |
Kocaoğlu in 1938 | |
| Pronunciation | Polat Usmon Khodzhayev |
| Born | 1878 |
| Died | 1968 |
| Burial place | Özbekler Tekkesi (Istanbul) |
| Nationality | Uzbek |
| Citizenship | Emirate of Bukhara Bukharan People's Soviet Republic Turkey |
| Occupations | |
| Spouse(s) | Fatima (first marriage) Hakime Kocaoğlu |
| Children | Timur Kocaoğlu Also two sons and a daughter from his first marriage and several more children from his second marriage. |
Osman Kocaoğlu (Polat Usmon Khodzhayev; 1878–1968) was the first president (Chairman of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee) of the former Bukharan People's Soviet Republic. Although his name was romanized as Polat Usman Khodzhayev in Russian, he spent most of his life in Turkey and Osman Kocaoğlu is the name he assumed in Turkey.