Turkey 'further away from EU membership than ever': German Foreign Minister

Turkey has never been less likely to join the European Union than now and the bloc should seek a special relationship with Britain, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said as relations between Ankara and Berlin hit a low point."Today Turkey is definitely further away from becoming a member of the European Union than ever before," Gabriel said in an interview with news magazine Der Spiegel published on Saturday.He said he always had doubts about whether Turkey should join the EU but found himself in the minority in his Social Democrat (SPD) party.