I mean, it does look like a sensible option. BRICS countries are growing in number and their combined wealth is nothing to sneeze at.
Turkey was never really allowed to be a part of EU and therefore will join the cool new club while the rest of Europe grows in far right rhetoric, and generally anti islamic sentiment.
He wants the presidency to exonerate himself. That’s it. He knows he’s going to prison if he loses the election.
He has zero care or motivation to further the country once he’s in power. He wants to save his own ass and his properties.