Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-39133133-20200607043110/@comment-45969695-20200611011837

Ottomans are somebody the Thai greatly respects on both sides.

Both the Thai leadership and the Conservatives see the Ottomans as somebody they need to newly align.

With the Thai Japanese split. The Thais see interest in selling a port to the Ottomans particularly in the Malay areas of Thailand in exchange for a port in Ottoman territory. This is secretly done so the Thai could get Ottoman influence rather than Japanese influence in South East Asia waters

The Thai foreign minister in fact needs somebody to protect Thai territory in case somebody invades Thailand. So he secretly goes to Ottoman