Аннотация
Abstract The purpose of the study is to investigate the political and socio-cultural features of the life of Kurdish communities in Turkey, Syria, and Kazakhstan. Such methods as historical-genetic, systemic, predictive, structural-functional and comparative are used.The results of the study formulate the characteristic features of the life of the Kazakh Kurdish community at the present stage of historical development, assess the situation of the Kurdish population in Turkey, and analyse the attempts of the authorities to integrate them into Turkish society, determine the characteristics of the life of Kurds in Syria during the civil war, and explore the prospects for the Kurds to gain autonomy within any of the states or create an independent Kurdistan. This work may be useful for civil servants of the countries under study who implement policies in the field of strengthening peace, international and regional security, and maintaining interethnic stability in a multinational state.