title: Turkic integration: the history of understanding and elbasy’s initiative
abstract: The article analyzes the idea of Turkic integration in the context of the 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s Independence. It is established that the idea of Turkic integration in the modern format has a century and a half history. At its origins stood such prominent representatives of the Turkic-speaking countries as: I. Gasparaly, S. Zhanturin, Yu. Akchura, A. Huseynzade, A. Agaoglu, G. Ibragimov, A.-M. Topchubashev, M. Bigeev, Sh. Syrtlanov, S. Maksudi, etc. The role of Ismail Gasparala and the
journal: Journal of Philosophy Culture and Political Science