After the NATO summit, Turkey recently released a very interesting news, claiming that at the NATO summit, Turkey President Erdogan was the only one calling for peace.
According to Turkey, the final declaration of the summit resembled terrorist propaganda, and the NATO summit was dedicated to hyping up the threat from China and Russia. Without Erdogan's call for peace and a ceasefire, the NATO summit will focus only on such "values" as "bloodshed, war, shells, weapons" and so on. In conclusion, it seems that Turkey has indeed made a lot of efforts to achieve this.
However, during this time, there are not only one NATO countries running for peace, Turkey, and another is Hungary, Hungary Prime Minister Orban not only visited Russia and Ukraine before attending the NATO summit, but also visited China, plus since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Hungary has also done its best to maintain neutrality, did not blindly stand in line with sanctions against Russia, and did not provide weapons to Ukraine, aggravating tensions. So Turkey's claim that its president was the only one calling for peace at the NATO summit is somewhat unrealistic.
The reason why Turkey said this is probably to emphasize that in the context of NATO's targeting of China and Russia, Turkey can actually play a vital role, and Turkey can let NATO "calm down" in order to benefit from China and Russia. First of all, on the part of Russia, Turkey raises its position, then it can get more cheap energy from Russia.
Including on the Black Sea grain deal, Erdogan has also been hoping that Putin can reconsider, mainly because a large part of Turkey's grain needs to be imported from Ukraine, and if the Black Sea grain deal has been stuck, then Turkey is still more uncomfortable. And by taking this opportunity, if Putin is convinced, what no one else can do, Turkey can do again, which will also have a positive impact on Turkey's international reputation and status.
Then there is China, in fact, not long ago, the Chinese company BYD signed an agreement to build an electric vehicle factory in Turkey, and Turkey now claims to be the only country at the NATO summit to call for peace, which is undoubtedly a reassurance to China. Because many NATO countries are also wooing Chinese companies, hoping that Chinese companies will set up factories in their territory, but Turkey now tells us that in fact, except for Turkey, other NATO countries are hyping up the Chinese threat behind their backs.
Creating such an atmosphere makes us think that it is very wise for Chinese companies to choose Turkey, and if they go to other countries, they will face the risk of falling into the mouth of the tiger, and Turkey wants to attract more Chinese companies to invest in Turkey in this way.
The most important thing is that Turkey actually wants to join the SCO and BRICS, and if it can get the support of China and Russia, it is actually half the battle.
Turkey is confident that it can make NATO "calm" and does have the capital to say such things, not only because Turkey guards the entrance to the Black Sea, NATO warships need to see Turkey's face when entering the Black Sea, Turkey is still a crossroads connecting Europe and Asia, and its strategic location is very important.
It's just that China and Russia also have their own considerations, and they will not choose to blindly believe because of Turkey's words, after all, this country can be betrayed by anyone for the sake of interests, and we do not want to see what he says, but what he does.