Mustafa Atici

Mustafa Atici (born 2 October 1969, Elbistan, Turkey)[1] is a Swiss politician of Kurdish descent from the Social Democratic Party (SP) and a member of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland representing Basel-Stadt.[2]

Mustafa Atici
Member of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland
Assumed office
2019
ConstituencyBasel-Stadt
Member of the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt
In office
2005–2019
Personal details
Born2 October 1969
Elbistan, Turkey
CitizenshipSwiss
NationalityKurdish
Political partySocial Democratic Party

Education

Atici attended primary school in Elbistan, high school in Gaziantep and attended a further education in Istanbul. From 1987 to 1989 he began studying industrial engineering at Gazi University in Ankara. In 1992 he emigrated to Basel as a student. After arriving in Switzerland, he studied economics at the University of Basel from 1992 to 1995 and completed a Masters degree at the European Institute of the University of Basel, which he completed in 1998.[3]

Political career

As a representative of the SP, he was elected into the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt in 2005 and served as a member of the Grand Council until May 2019.[4] In the Grand Council he advocated for a better framework for the Small and medium-sized enterprises(SMBs) and also the improvement of the education.[4] He took part in a delegation of Swiss politicians around Balthasar Glättli to Diyarbakir and Van, serving as a translator in their interviews with imprisoned politicians like Hatip Dicle and Selma Irmak.[5] After Turkey bombed the mainly Kurdish population in Afrin, Syria, and subsequently invaded and captured Afrin, he was a leading force behind a resolution of the Grand Council which condemned the Turkish invasion of Afrin.[6] In the parliamentary elections in 2019 he was placed third in the Canton Basel-Stadt[7] and since represents the Canton of Basel-Stadt in the Federal Assembly of Switzerland.[8]

Personal life

Atici is married and has two children.[9] He is also a member of the Alevi cultural centre of Basel.[10]

References
  1. "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  2. "Ich gehe für alle Basler nach Bern". Telebasel (in German). 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  3. "Mustafa Atici". SP Schweiz (in German). Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  4. "Mitglieder A-Z". www.grosserrat.bs.ch. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  5. Jans, Beat (2013). "Politische Situation in der Osttürkei" (PDF). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  6. "Resolution gegen die türkische Offensive in Afrin, Syrien" (PDF). Grosser Rat von Basel-Stadt. Grosser Rat von Basel-Stadt. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  7. http://www.cs2.ch, CS2-Creative Solutions GmbH- 4450 Sissach-. "Arslan bleibt, Christ kommt, Frehner muss gehen". www.onlinereports.ch (in German). Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  8. "Mustafa Atici". SP Basel-Stadt (in German). Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  9. "Persönliches über Mustafa Atici | Unser Basler Nationalrat". Mustafa Atici (in German). Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  10. "Les alévis en Suisse: être ou ne pas être musulman". Radio Télévision Suisse. Radio Télévision Suisse. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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