Facts: - known for: saving lives of jews during world war ii - birth name: Ismail necdet kent - death date: 20 september 2002 - occupation: diplomat - children: muhtar kent - birth date: 1 january 1911 - awards: turkey 's supreme service medal - image size: 200px - nationality: turkish - image: necdet kent.jpg - religion: islam - alma mater: new york university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of necdet kent .
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Ismail necdet kent -lrb- 1911 -- september 20 , 2002 -rrb- was a turkish diplomat who risked his life to save jews during world war ii .while vice-consul in marseilles , france between 1941 and 1944 , he gave documents of citizenship to dozens of turkish jews living in france who did not have proper identity papers , to save them from deportation to the nazi gas chambers .