UNecdet Kent wazalwa ngo-1911 e- Istanbul eMbusweni wase-Ottoman futhi wathola imfundo yakhe yesibili eGalatasaray Lycee, njengoba kwenza nabanye ozakwabo emnyangweni wezangaphandle.Waya e- United States ezifundweni zakhe zaseyunivesithi, wathola iziqu zomthetho womphakathi eNyuvesi yaseNew York.Wayengumdlali webhola lezinyawo kafushane kuHull Fc.

Necdet Kent

Impilo yokuqala kanye nemfundo

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Umsebenzi

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Ebuyela eTurkey, uKent wangena eMnyangweni Wezangaphandle ngo-1937.Uqale wathunyelwa njenge- vice consul e- Athene, eGrisi.Ngo-1941, waqokelwa esikhundleni sokuba yisekela likamengameli eMarseilles, eFrance, okuyisikhundla asiphethe kwaze kwaba ngo-1944.Ababaleki abaningi bahlangana eningizimu yeFrance ngesikhathi sempi, kanti iMarseilles yayiyitheku elikhulu lokuqalisa.

Ngemuva kweMpi Yesibili Yomhlaba, uKent waqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe kwinkonzo yezangaphandle yaseTurkey. Usebenze njenge- Consul General e-Turkish Consulate General eNew York City . Wayebuye futhi ngezikhathi ezahlukene abe yinxusa laseTurkey eThailand, eNdiya, eSweden, nasePoland . [1]

UNecdet Kent washada futhi waba nezingane.Indodana eyodwa, uMuhtar Kent, wayengusihlalo kanye ne-CEO yeNkampani yeCoca-Cola kusukela ngoJulayi 2008 kuze kube nguMeyi 2017.

Izimangalo Zokuhlengwa Kwesizwe

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Esithasiselweni sencwadi kaStanford J. Shaw iTurkey and the Holocaust (1993), izimangalo zikaKent zokuhlenga amaJuda ngesikhathi sokuQothulwa Kwesizwe zashicilelwa okokuqala.

UKent uthe, ngesinye isikhathi ngo-1943, umsizi wenxusa laseTurkey watshela uKent ukuthi amaJalimane ayesanda kulayisha amaJuda angama-80 aseTurkey ahlala eMarseilles ezimotweni zezinkomo ukuthutha ngokushesha ukuze abulawe eJalimane.UKent kamuva uyakhumbula, "Kuze kube namuhla, ngikhumbula umbhalo owawusenqoleni: 'Le nqola ingahle ilayishwe izinkomo ezingama-20 kanye no-500 kilograms wotshani'."[1] UKent waya kumkhuzi wamaGestapo esiteshini, futhi wafuna ukuthi amaJuda adedelwe, ngoba ayeyizakhamizi zaseTurkey kanti iTurkey yayingathathi hlangothi.Lesi sikhulu senqabile ukwenza lokho, sathi laba bantu babengelutho ngaphandle kwamaJuda.

Ngokwe-akhawunti yakhe, uKent nomsizi wakhe bangena ngokushesha esitimeleni; isikhulu saseJalimane samcela ukuba ehle, kodwa uKent wenqaba.Esiteshini esilandelayo, izikhulu zaseJalimane zagibela zaxolisa kuKent ngokungamvumeli ahambe eMarseilles; babenemoto elinde ngaphandle ukuthi bambuyisele ehhovisi lakhe.UKent uchaze ukuthi iphutha wukuthi izakhamizi ezingama-80 zaseTurkey zazilayishwe esitimeleni."Njengommeleli kahulumeni owayenqaba impatho enjalo ngenxa yezinkolelo zenkolo, angizange ngicabange ukubashiya lapho," esho.Emangazwe ukuma kwakhe okungayekethisi, amaJalimane ekugcineni adedela wonke umuntu wehla esitimeleni. [1]

UKent uphinde wathi wafinyelela emphakathini wamaJuda, enikeza omazisi baseTurkey inqwaba yamaJuda aseTurkey ahlala eningizimu yeFrance, noma labo ababebalekele lapho futhi ababengenawo amapasipoti avumelekile aseTurkey. [1]UKent uphinde wathi waya ekomkhulu lamaGestapo eyobhikisha ngokuhlwithwa kwabo abesilisa emgwaqweni eMarseilles ukuthola ukuthi bangamaJuda noma cha ( ngokusoka ); UKent ukhuze umkhuzi wamaphoyisa waseGerman futhi wamazisa ukuthi ukusoka akubonisi ukuthi ungumJuda, ngoba namaSulumane asokile. [1]

Ukuqinisekiswa kwezimangalo

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Isazi-mlando uMarc David Baer uphawula ukungahambisani okuningi endabeni kaKent, ephetha ngokuthi "kwenziwa".Isazi-mlando uCorry Guttstadt uhlola izimangalo ezenziwe, uphetha ngokuthi "isenzo sobuqhawe sikaKent asinasisekelo ngokuphelele". Ugxeke imizamo yokusebenzisa "ukutakula amaJuda njengethuluzi lokukhangisa".

UKent akabonwa njengoLungile Phakathi Kwezizwe.

Ifa nodumo

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Ngo-2001, uKent, uNamık Kemal Yolga noSelahattin Ülkümen, nabo ababengabameli baseTurkey abake basebenza eYurophu futhi basindisa amaJuda phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, bahlonishwa ngeMedical Service Medal yaseTurkey.

Izinkomba

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "True courage of one who had to act: Necdet Kent, Turkish diplomat 1911-2002", The Daily Telegraph, London; reprinted on Sydney Morning Herald.com, 1 Oct 2002, accessed on September 25, 2008