
Gülay İçöz
g.icoz [at] rhul.ac.uk
Groups
EU-Relationship
History
Kurds
Human Rights
National Security Council (MGK)
Career
since 2006 Local Councillor at the London Borough of Hackney
Academic Career
since 2008 Teaching Assistant at the Royal Holloway College, University of London
since 2007 PhD Candidate at the Royal Holloway College, University of London, PhD in Politics
2002-2003 Birkbeck College, University of London, MRES in European Politics
1999-2002 Goldsmiths College, University of London, BA Politics
Publications
Book Chapter
Icoz, G. (2009), ’The Unknown future of Britain’s path-dependent support for Turkey’s accession to the European Union’ in Governance and Decision-Making in Turkey and the European Union: Prospects for Intercultural Dialogue in Turkey, Jean Monnet Series II (Istanbul: Kultur Universitesi)
Book Reviews
Icoz, G. (2010), ‘Book Review: Citizenship in Contemporary Europe’, Lister, M. and Pia, E. (2008)’ in Political Studies Review.
Icoz, G. (2009), ‘Book Review: The European Parliament’, 2nd Edition, Judge, D., and Earnshaw, D. (2008), in Journal of Contemporary European Research, vol.3, no. 5.
Icoz, G. (Sept. 2009), ‘Book Review: Constructing Democracy in Southern Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Italy, Spain, and Turkey’, Lauren M. McLaren (2008) in Political Studies Review.
Presentation and Conferences
March 2010, “What went wrong with the EU citizenship in the UK, and what should be done to correct it?” presented at the Communicating European Citizenship UACES Conference, co-funded by the European Commission, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, in London, England.
September 2009, “Clash of Paths- MGK’s handling of the PKK and Turkey’s challenge for EC’s full membership, 1983-1997’ presented at the UACES 39th Annual Conference, in France.
April 2009, “Institutionalist Approach on Turkey’s Kurds, and its relationship with the EU” presented at the UACES 10th Student Forum Conference, Salford University.
February 2009, “Turkey’s Unsettled Relationship with the European Union since the 1980s” presented at the Staff-student seminar at the Royal Holloway College, Uni. of London.
January 2008, and April 2008, “Understanding Turkey-EU relations through institutional change” presented at both the UACES 9th Student Forum Conference, University of Kent, in, and Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence European Studies Postgraduate Conference, University of Manchester.
Academic Affiliations
University Association of Contemporary European Studies
Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism
Political Studies Association
International Political Science Association


