[3] In 1916, during the Bulgarian occupation of Kumanovo during the First World War, he joined the VMRO detachment, led by Krastyo Lazarov, to protect the Albanian population from Serbian Chetnik formations.

[1][2] After the end of the war, Vardar Macedonia was returned to Serbia and in 1922 Hotla again became a Kachak for about half a year in Karadak, until he was caught by the authorities and imprisoned in Kumanovo.

After his release from prison in 1927, he was elected mayor of Matejče municipality, which includes most of the villages of the Kumanovo Karadak, from there remained in office until the defeat of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the April War in 1941.

[1][2] After the withdrawal of the Bulgarian units from Vardar Macedonia on September 7, 1944, Hotla took control over most of Karadak, raised the Albanian flag and proclaimed it a Free Zone.

[4] A large meeting of Albanian nationalist leaders was held in Sharr, which was attended by Hotla, as well as Xhem Gostivari, Gajur Derala, Mullah Idriz Gjilani and others.