Thailand to Turkey | Bilateral Relationship

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To: <Aysa Aslan, President of the People’s Republic of Türkiye> Adem From: <Sarabun@gov.mail.go.th> Subject: Bilateral Relationship Security Type: NSST Architecture 1.0 | Secret and Encrypted

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Dear President Aslan,

On behalf of the people of the Socialist Republic of Thailand, I congratulate you on your election and assumption of the Presidency of Türkiye. We welcome the historical transition in your nation, characterized by a remarkable peaceful revolution driven by the collective will of the Turkish people. Thailand formally recognizes the establishment of the People’s Republic of Türkiye as the legitimate and democratic successor state. We acknowledge our shared values in people-centric governance and past tyranny rejections. Both Thailand and Türkiye demonstrably commit to empowering people’s agency and self-governance.

The Republic Thai Armed Forces operates two military bases in Türkiye on the leased areas of Tatvan/Bitlis military base and Iskenderun naval base, housing 10,000 and 20,000 Thai personnel, respectively. Thailand deeply respects Türkiye’s sovereignty and the new government’s authority over its territory. Thailand remains obliged to the original agreement that its military presence is for regional stability and counterterrorism. We have consistently allowed Turkish servicemembers to utilize these facilities and been providing essential maintenance, welfare provision to the local population, and investment in the infrastructure of their localities. Our government is prepared to discuss the future of the bases with the new Turkish government.

Thailand desires to build a robust, positive, mutually beneficial bilateral relationship with Türkiye. We believe that economic cooperation, cultural exchange, technological collaboration, humanitarian cooperation, security cooperation, and governance exchange are the shared interests of our nations. I invite President Aslan to express her vision of Türkiye’s relationship with Thailand and any suggestion for our future cooperation. Thailand would particularly wish to share its experience in institution-building for democratic involvement and creation of a worker-cooperative-led economy, on which we also believe there would be mutual benefits and learning.

In the light of the ongoing Syrian Civil War and Russia’s continued occupation of the country’s coastline, Thailand and Türkiye must promote the right to self-determination of the Syrian people. I suggest that you host our Secretary of Government, Chuan Leekpai, to engage in a high-level dialogue regarding our relationship and the regional issues of the Middle East. In line with Thailand's long-standing tradition of humanitarianism, we also offer our assistance, if needed, to help the People's Republic of Turkey in mitigating any humanitarian problems arising from the recent transition or the ongoing regional crises, such as the Syrian refugee crisis.

Thailand remains committed to building a lasting relationship with Türkiye and we hope that the revolution in your nation marks not only the beginning of a new chapter for your people but also the new possibilities of close cooperation between our countries. Please accept, Your Excellency, the highest assurance of my regard for your people.​

Best Regards,

Thaksin Shinawatra
Prime Minister
Socialist Republic of Thailand

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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF TURKEY​

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From: Aysa Aslan, President of the People's Republic of Turkey
To: Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister

Subject: Re: Bilateral Relationship

Your Excellency,

Thank you for your kind message.

While historically there have been few relations between the TUrkish and Thai states, my government acknowledges that this has changed rapidly in recent years and that in particular through our role as a bridge connecting Europe and Asia there will always be a connection to states on both continents.

At this point in time we have not made any decision on whether or not to maintain previously agree basing agreements, we do however have an open mind to any argument for or against their continued presence and welcome Thailand to make its case.

While we do not share the same form of socialism, the system of Thailand is nevertheless still an inspiration for our own and we do believe that intellectual exchanges and some form of cooperation are to our benefit. Especially with regards to the ongoing Syrian crisis.

To discuss these and other topics mentioned I would propose a discussion between your Minister of Foreign Affairs and my Vice President in Ankara.

Sincerely,
Aysa Aslan

 

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To: <Aysa Aslan, President of the People’s Republic of Türkiye> Adem From: <Sarabun@gov.mail.go.th> Subject: RE: RE: Bilateral Relationship Security Type: NSST Architecture 1.0 | Secret and Encrypted

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Dear President Aslan,

I thank you for your swift and thoughtful response.

The relationship between Thailand and Türkiye has witnessed significant development and we look forward to your nation’s continued role as the bridge between Europe and Asia. The confederal Thai government appreciates Turkey's openness to our military bases' future discussion. We will provide a robust case for our presence yet Thailand stands ready to withdraw.

Regarding socialism, which Thailand interprets as a transitional stage toward communism, we recognize the various interpretations of such a transitional stage if it remains under workers’ democratic control. We appreciate our model, Socialist Participatory Democracy, which is your nation’s inspiration yet we also believe that socialism development is a historically and contextually contingent path.

Comrade Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai will travel to Ankara to meet with Turkish Vice President Eda Yildiz. It has been an honor to correspond with you.​

Best Regards,

Thaksin Shinawatra
Prime Minister
Socialist Republic of Thailand

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It was a blissful morning in Bangkok when Surakiart escaped his slumber and headed toward the bathroom, engaging in his familiar morning routine. His wife and children greeted him, he was surprised, it appeared that they got up before him. The world turned blur as morning activities went on, and before Surakiart could realize it, he was already on a chartered airplane, A350-900, provided by the Thai Airway Cooperative. The journey was destined for Ankara but today the weight of possibility was acutely different, heavy, and tangible.​

 

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Much like with the Chinese President the week before, the A350-900 would be welcomed by Turkish Air Traffic Control prior to being guided to Ankara Esenboğa Airport where a gate had been reserved. After landing Minister Surakiart would be welcomed by a military band performing the Thai anthem and a red carpet flanked by Thai and Turkish flags. At the end of the red carpet Vice President Yildiz awaited wearing a red skirt suit accessorized with a flag pin that had the Turkish flag and a flag made out of the Presidential seal crossed on it.

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Arriving in a country his people considered family, Foreign Minister Surakiart shed his practiced mask of expectation as he stepped off the Thai plane. His gold hammer-and-sickle pin, a subtle hint of fraternal worker-peasant, caught the crisp, seasonally brilliant Ankara sun. The Socialist Republic flag stood silently as the Thai national anthem, the "Internationale," played, and Surakiart stood straight, his stance as unwavering as the song's melody.

He extended a firm but friendly hand to the vice president of Turkey as he walked down the red carpet. "Vice President Yildiz," he said, his voice full of resonances, "it is a privilege to finally meet you in person. In the Socialist Republic, we acknowledge our equality by saying 'Sahai,' or 'comrade.' Let 'Surakiart' through." A warm smile eased his face as he let go of her hand. As they drove toward the motorcade in expectation, and during the brief ride, Surakiart discussed with his Turkish counterpart a conversation that blended diplomatic courtesy and socialist fraternity.

"Comrade Yildiz, this syndicalist turn in Turkey is a beaming witness and a passionate echo of the never-ending chain of workers' liberation struggles—the very pulse of history speeding towards communism. I hope you understand the weight of leadership at this pivotal moment when capitalism is eroding and socialism is emerging. Avoid falling into the trap of bureaucratic collectivism, just as you should avoid the allure of wanton individualism. We are at a pivotal moment in the history of humanity and our collective proletarian future. Since the Soviet Union's collapse, the neoliberal order has been upended, resulting in previously unheard-of levels of injustice and inequality. As the earthquakes now shake Russia and India in their deepening financial crisis, capitalism is by its very nature an exploitative and unsustainable system that is bound to collapse." With a voice full of unwavering conviction, Surakiart made an assertion.

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Prime Minister Yıldız listened attentively to Surakiart, as the leather of her gloves creaking softly as she rested her hands in her lap inside the motorcade. When Surakiart finished, she responded.

"Comrade Surakiart," she began, "Let me first say: hoş geldiniz, welcome home. You are not a guest here, you are among comrades. The red thread that binds Ankara and Bangkok is not merely ink on parchment or ceremony at airports. It is the shared breath of workers and farmers who dare to dream of justice, and more importantly, organize to build it."

She turned to look at him fully now. "I am humbled by your words. We in Türkiye are fully aware that what we are attempting is no less than the construction of a new social organism, born not just of ideology, but of lived struggle. This new regime is the result of workers reclaiming what had long been denied, power, dignity, and voice. And yes, we walk a narrow path. The danger of bureaucratic stagnation is real, just as the rot of individualist egoism still lingers in corners of our old institutions. But we do not walk blindly."

Comrade Surakiart," Yıldız said, her tone shifting. "While we are pouring every lira and every hour into electrifying the provinces, laying railways, building worker-run cooperatives and clinics, we cannot ignore the gathering storm in the countryside."

She looked out briefly at the passing fields beyond the city.

"There are murmurs, grievances turning into agitation. Hunger we are trying to address, but hearts poisoned by propaganda are slower to heal. And more concerning still our intelligence services have brought troubling reports. Elements within the army, those still loyal to the old order, are not dormant."

And then there is Washington. We believe they are funding intermediaries. They speak of ‘democracy,’ but what they really mean is obedience. What they want is to undo what our people have built. To tear down the People’s Councils and put the old elite back in gilded offices."

She drew a slow breath, steadying herself. "But we are not afraid. This republic was not declared with permission from the ruling class, and it will not be undone with bribes or bullets."

She gestured lightly out the window to the streets of Ankara, where banners of the People's Councils fluttered in the wind, and slogans hand-painted on walls proclaimed solidarity, prosperity, and liberty.

"Our revolution is not a copy of any before it. We have learned from the triumphs of Cuba, the heartbreak of Chile, the betrayals of 1991. And we watch the world, comrade, with clear eyes. As the capitalist order trembles under its own contradictions, from Moscow’s debt spiral to Mumbai’s mass strikes, our commitment is not to accelerate collapse, but to offer a beacon.

We see in your Socialist Republic of Thailand a model of discipline and rootedness. Your revolutionary patience is instructive. And we hope that in Türkiye, you see an experiment in radical decentralization, a republic where the means of production are not just seized, but governed democratically, from the factory floor upward."

She allowed herself a small, rare smile. "This is not an age of competing ideologies, comrade. It is the rebirth of history itself. The Internationale is no longer a song of mourning, but a signal flare. Let Ankara and Bangkok march together, not in step, but in purpose."

The car slowed as they approached the Presidential Complex. "And if today marks the first step of that march, let it be remembered as a moment when two revolutions saw each other clearly and chose fraternity." She extended her hand once more, firm and sincere.

"Shall we go inside?"

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Surakiart nodded approvingly as he listened to the Turkish Prime Minister. When his counterpart finished, he would respond. “Indeed, it is a home. The international working class knows no borders.” He smiled thoughtfully. “The persistence of counter-revolutionary forces is naturally concerning, as the bourgeoisie rarely relinquishes its power peacefully. We must purge their remnants. Whether such a purge is violent or orderly, it is up to the collective will of the Turkish workers.”

He paused, listening to Prime Minister Yıldız’s discussion of the United States. “Such a claim must not be told lightly without evidence, even though it is highly plausible. Liberal democracy and parliamentarism are essentially a procedural form of electoralism. The bourgeoisie utilizes such a façade to divide the working class into infighting, ensuring that false class consciousness remains.” He nodded and continued. “Indeed, a revolution is not a copy of any before it. A revolution is a materially and historically contingent phenomenon that occurs when the contradiction of capitalism reaches its absolute peak, resulting in the proletariat being unable to live anymore.”

Surakiart glanced out of the windows, witnessing the Turkish Presidential Palace. “Indeed, let’s go inside, comrade.

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The breeze carried the scent of stone, iron, and jasmine from the manicured courtyard below as Surakiart was led through the thick double doors of the Turkish Government Complex. The marble floor under his polished shoes gleamed with the sterility of power. Ottoman arches hung overhead, yet the art on the walls was distinctly revolutionary, oil paintings of miners, factory workers, and women holding rifles over wheat fields.

"Comrade Surakiart," she said warmly, extending both hands as she guided him into her office. They sat across from each other in the comfort of two chairs next to each other separated by a couch. Two cups of strong Turkish çay steamed between them.

Yıldız’s voice, while soft spoke to Surakiart “We agree with your analysis of liberal parliamentarism. It is a carnival mask, one that permits just enough dissent to fracture the class, but never enough to unify it.” She leaned in, her eyes catching the firelight from the wall sconce. “You are right revolution is a dialectical break, when the boot can no longer find purchase on the throat.”

Just then, the door opened following a knock. A young officer entered, not in a traditional Turkish military uniform, but in plain green fatigue approached silently. He handed the Prime Minister a folded slip of paper, and whispered into her ear.

She read it, lips tightening into a thin smile. “May the days of the counter-revolutionaries be limited,” she said aloud. “The fire may flicker, but it never dies.”

Turning back to Surakiart, her tone shifted. "Comrade, Türkiye welcomes the deepening of cooperation with Thailand. You have stood as a pillar of measured pragmatism and revolutionary potential in Southeast Asia. Now, we ask something more formal: we seek Thailand’s quiet, but firm role as an intermediary to support and arm our People's Revolutionary Guard Corps. You've just seen General Cem, the commander of the Guards Corp, a new red guard, disciplined, politically educated, and loyal not to me or the President but to the revolution. They will act as the final bulwark against Turkish nationalist infiltration and the ever-present specter of a military uprising."

She paused, letting the gravity settle. "We believe Thailand’s defense industry can act with arming but also training our forces. We would also like to explore formalizing the Thai military presence in Türkiye with a formal agreement as opposed to the side arrangement made by our predecessors. It would send a strong message that we are not isolated and the global South stands united."

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Surakiart followed his counterpart inside the Turkish Government Complex, appreciating the art of socialist realism and class struggle depiction. He noticed the speed at which the new regime has redesigned its power center. As he entered the Turkish Vice President’s office, he smiled and remarked, “A private office? Truly a luxury of privacy and comfort. Back home, my workstation sits inside a co-working space of the Ministry building. Regardless, one could always enjoy a cup of strong Turkish tea. Thank you very much.” He sat across from his comrade and listened before a military officer entered the office.

After a while, Surakiart watched the man leave the office and returned his gaze to the Turkish Vice President, listening to her. “Counter-revolutionary sentiment remains because the Turkish class struggle continues, even after the previous regime’s overthrow. The ruling elite of the fallen order has immense material interests in preserving the economic base that benefits them as expropriators. Expropriation of the bourgeois’s material basis is one among the solutions. Power must be placed in the hands of the proletariat, precisely what your government is doing. The socialization of the means of production.” He sipped his tea, feeling the aroma and unique taste of the Turkish beverage. It was great.

“Ideological struggle must be intensified, not placated, after the successful dialectical break. The working class, peasantry, and other oppressed strata have always lived under a false class consciousness. We must unite them and educate the masses on the nature of exploitation under capitalism. To challenge their ingrained capitalist indoctrination is our historical duty. Socialist culture, for example, must be propagated through an informed and orderly cultural revolution emphasizing solidarity, collective well-being, and self-emancipation. However, I do not presume that a revolutionary like you knows less about such a topic than I. The goal is always to build and deepen the mass support of the revolution. It is a continuous process.”

Surakiart finished and listened to his Turkish counterpart’s request and dialogue attentively. “Indeed, proletarian internationalism informs our foreign policy’s direction to establish fraternal ties with comrades in Türkiye. Thailand supports the Turkish People’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is loyal to the revolution. However, a revolution is no different from the working class, and such loyalty must be extended to the proletariat, not the state, party, or new elites.” He paused, considering his comrade’s words.

“Thailand is open to formalizing our military presence in the region. Our Red Service could provide additional training to the Turkish people’s armed forces. However, such presence stands on your soil, and my side does not intend to lead any agreement drafting. I’d love for us to finish discussing military arrangements first, as Thailand has other proposals for our collaboration. Thank you again.”

Jay​