Though Turan wasn't familiar with politics, having not lived frequently mingling with people, he had learned its basic concepts to some extent.
Acts of flattering superiors, enticing colleagues and subordinates, framing enemies with schemes and solidifying one's position.
Ordinary humans naturally fall under the rule of such political logic as they must conform to society to survive, and even powerful nobles couldn't escape from this.
Because they could only survive by coordinating relationships with fellow kin of the same house and nobles of other houses that formed the larger society.
And such political structures become more complex and tangled as the group's size grows - internal politics of great houses, nobles among nobles, were more sinister than ordinary people could imagine.