I think those Hungarians who are skeptical of Turanism (I mean the Uralo-Altaic Theory) are missing the point.
Look at it as roots as... literal roots. A tree grows from its roots, after all. If you forget these roots, abandon them, and don't modernize, transform, or cultivate them, you lose something essential. Besides, the neighbors will always remind the Hungarians that they came from somewhere else.
For centuries, this identity was stifled by the Habsburgs, then, after Trianon and WWII, it was stifled by the Eastern Bloc. Now it’s being stifled by the European Union.
Well... when it comes to politics, I'm not entirely sure how much Orbán Viktor utilized this idea for his own benefit. If it was so marginal, why was he in power for so long?
Besides, in terms of resources, Hungary has always depended, and continues to depend, on Europe and Russia. At the very least, this whole ideology could become quite tangible if (for example) a gas pipeline were built to Hungary from Kazakhstan, across the Caspian to the Adriatic, and through Montenegro and Serbia. The same goes for other resources, and this could be a two-way process; as I understand it, Kazakhstan, conversely, needs more academic-technological resources.
I think skepticism toward Turanism arises because many view it merely as mythology (and LARPing), rather than as a tool. If viewed as a foreign policy philosophy, Turanism transforms Hungary from being the "periphery of Europe" into a "bridge between the East and the West." That is a very ambitious role.