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The first issue of the socio-political and literary newspaper "Kazakh Gazeti" was published on February 2, 1913. Its publishers were outstanding sons of the Kazakh people, bright representatives of the intelligentsia, future founders of the Alash party – educator, linguist, literary critic, turkologist, poet and translator Ahmet Baitursynov, public figure, teacher, journalist, ethnographer Alikhan Bukeikhanov, a public figure, poet, writer Myrzhakyp Dulatov. The publication quickly became popular – in 1914, the newspaper had more than three thousand subscribers.
As the logo of the newspaper, the publishers chose the image of the yurt, which has sacred significance for the Kazakh people. Symbolic was the fact that the tundyk of the yurt – the upper throw-over of the lattice dome that let light into the dwelling - was open in the drawing on the western side. The Kazakh intelligentsia saw in this image the desire of the people for development, science and culture of the rapidly developing Western countries. On the doors of the yurt in Arabic letters was written the name of the newspaper "Kazakh".
The newspaper published the works of prominent Kazakh figures: Mustafa Shokai, Shakarim Kudaiberdiev, Mukhamedzhan Tynyshpaev, Gumar Karash, Raimzhan Marsekov, Zhumagali Tleulin, Gabdolgaziz Musagaliev, Magzhan Zhumabaev, Kayretdin Bolganbayev, Halel Gabbasov, Zhakyp Akpayev, Zhanshi Seidalin, Sultanmakhmut Toraigyrov, Akhmet Mametov, Sabit Donentayev, Halel Dosmukhamedov and many others. As the researchers point out, it was in the newspaper "Kazakh" that Akhmet Baitursynov got the opportunity to present to the general public his research works on the history of Kazakh literature, folklore and linguistics. In addition, the newspaper published works by Russian writers in the Kazakh language: Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Mikhail Lermontov, Ivan Krylov.
The publishers of the newspaper "Kazakh" in their articles popularized culture and science, covered issues of history, supported and developed literature in the Kazakh language. Their most important task was to defend the vital interests of the nation and restore Kazakh national statehood. In the pages of national newspaper Alikhan Bukeikhanov, Ahmet Baitursynov and Mirzhakyp Dulatov explained to the people how not to lose their lands, why not to believe the agitations of the authorities about the benefits and advantages of the transition to a sedentary lifestyle, why is detrimental to Kazakh to abandon the traditional ranching economy, and many other important sections, that enlightened the people. It was on the pages of the newspaper "Kazakh" in November 2017 that the first draft of the program of the party "Alash" was published.
In the first year, the newspaper "Kazakh" was published with a circulation of three thousand copies, over time, this figure exceeded eight thousand copies. The newspaper was published for more than five years, during this period 265 issues of the weekly were published. In March 1918, by the decision of the Turgay Regional Congress of Soviets, the printing house of the newspaper was liquidated.
The First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev described the merits of the Alash Orda figures as follows: "At the beginning of the twentieth century, the spiritual and intellectual elite took on the task of developing the Kazakh national idea, which put forward the idea of national consolidation. ...The very fact of the creation of a national political organization in our national history is not fully realized. Moreover, many of the provisions put forward by the leaders of the Alash party at the time retain their significance to this day. It was not a nationalist organization, but a patriotic one that aimed at the gradual transformation of the Kazakh society and its adaptation to modern realities".
Elbasy always emphasizes the importance of the activities of the Alashordians in the history of the country's Independence. "The passionate ideas of the Alash movement are the precepts of our ancestors in creating a sovereign state and freedom in general. The dreams of that time of freedom and independence have now come true. This has reached our generation. We are a sovereign state, on a par with all other states",-Elbasy said.