Turkish EU Expert to Sputnik: 'No Chance' Turkey Will Join Crisis-Hit EU by 2023

Turkish permanent representative to the EU Selim Yenel recently announced that Turkey plans to join the European Union by 2023. Speaking to Sputnik, Turkey-EU politics expert Can Baydarol said that such a scenario was unrealistic. The reasons, the expert noted, include the situation in Turkey, and the structural crisis facing the EU itself.