the question was between NATO and turkey not europe and turkey.
then again even in europe turkey cannot compete with the likes of germany. in NATO of course we have US. turkey is part of the same global system. there is nothing special about it.

It seems you are not familair with the last developments in turkey- most people still underestimate this. This article described it very well.
You can put usa europe nato all in one pot.

As for the comparisations with germany, maybe not now but in a few years. The goals of turkey for 2023 is to be among the 10 largest economies. Turkey is already playing an important role in the midle east.

Turkey owns, leads, serves to ‘new Mideast:’ Davutoğlu

brother what is an economy? will turkey break free of riba and bankers ? what will it do if entire world places economic sanctions on it?

to become the super power that you believe it is now or in a few years it will become it needs to break free of the shackles of democracy first. till then it can barely safeguard rights of Muslims anywhere.be realistic.

Turkey intercepted Syrian cargo plane from Russia and allowed it to leave after removing the objectionable material.
Of course intelligence work as well as air force involvement must have gone into the task. Help a country like Somalia in famine and hapless people in Burma and Allah (SWT) starts moving the things in your favour.