When Turkish Republic was established, Mustafa Kemal planned to make pacts in order to secure Turkish Republic. Neighborhood was very important for Atatürk because he knew that only one country can’t do anything alone. Turkish Republic had pacts with Greece and Iran in order to secure the region.
They have to move together and make plans for regional defense and policy.
This proverb summarizes this point; You can break one stick easily, but you can’t break 100 sticks. International peace depends on this point.
Always Atatürk..