What Erdogan did was for internal consumption.
Things moved forward regardless it seems. This was just published at midnight EST.
Turkey’s lifting of its blockade on Sweden’s entry into NATO was a significant and stunning move on the eve of the NATO summit in Lithuania. The reversal by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came hours after he warned Sweden would be out in the cold until Turkey got its long-delayed membership in the European Union.
Another “guess” of mine, we know Turkey is bankrupt because of Erdogan’s reelection messing around with his central bank. Erdogan needs economic guarantees very badly. He played a chip on the table saying Turkey needs membership in the EU. He got something in return not publicly discussed.