Mustafa Atici

Mustafa Atici (born 2 October 1969, Elbistan, Turkey) 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. 
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. 
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. 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. 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. 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. In the parliamentary elections in 2019 he was placed third in the Canton Basel-Stadt and since represents the Canton of Basel-Stadt in the Federal Assembly of Switzerland. 
Personal life.
Atici is married and has two children. He is also a member of the Alevi cultural centre of Basel.