PROBLEMS OF STATEHOOD AMONG THE ANCIENT TURKS IN THE RESEARCH OF DOMESTIC SCIENTISTS

Abstract

Since the years of independence of Kazakhstan, the study of the social and political history of tribes and tribal structures that contributed to the ethnogenesis of the Kazakh people has become relevant, and the debates on the topic have not stopped. In the considered period, we can see the interest in the socio-political history of the nomads of Central Asia among domestic and foreign researchers from the large number of published works and organized scientific conferences in various fields.

In domestic historiography, the considered period is characterized by the independence of the country. Now, a special approach to national history has been formed, and topics that have been obscured as a result of political pressure have been presented in a new light. Among them, the state problem of the tribes that contributed to the ethnogenesis of the Kazakh people is among the widely discussed topics. Most of our researchers consider nomadic societies from the Saka tribes to the Kazakh Khanate as legally state entities. It would not be an exaggeration to say that for the Kazakh nation, which has declared its independence and is turning to the study of its history, the orientation of its future by recognizing its past is the priority. Adoption of 1998 as "Year of National Unity and National History" and "Cultural Heritage" state program in 2004 is a clear manifestation of these aspirations. The initiation of national projects aimed at historical research probably means that a new period of studying our national history has begun.