Hoca is not Iman - Hatip {School educated} but Hafiz - from Kayseri Mosque school. Some discussion of difference. Hoca himself claims to know the Koran
better but not to have general knowledge.
He gets the same salary as any other Hoca - appointed by the Diyanet Iler {State Department of Religion} - in fact an Eraslan. {i.e. one of a rich village
family}
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