Western secularism and ties to the Muslim world were the major dividing issues among the party intelligentsia and the Kazakh elites, through the Russian Civil War.

The party had plans to unite all Turkic peoples of Central Asia and create an independent state.

After February Revolution, Russia has weakened, and Kazakh elite used the moment to found a party.

During Asharshylyk, the Kazakh elites engaged in large protests against the Soviet political system, criticizing propaganda and the total ignoration of famine.

First "The letter of five" written on 4 July 1932, by Gabit Musirepov, Mansur Gataulin, Embergen Altynbekov, Mutash Dauletkaliev and Kadir Kuanyshev.

On 4 July 2021, a monument dedicated to the Alash movement leaders Akhmet Baitursynov, Alikhan Bukeikhanov and Mirzhakip Dulatov was unveiled in Astana.