Turkey right now needs anyone who can lay a good word about it in the west, lets not fool ourselves, Turkey is too much interconnected with the west just to break up with it.
First there is no real alternatives, Russian has always been an enemy and China not exactly a friend, not to mention being too far away, The west is its biggest trade partner and security ally, Erdogans policy of breaking upt with west and Israel has been a huge disaster.
There is a reason for his recent charm offensive towards EU, US and Israel, he finally realized that he ran out of allies.