The team of Turkmenistan took part in the opening ceremony of the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games, which took place in the Turkish city of Konya at the Buyuksehir Municipal Stadium, which seats 42,000 spectators.

This complex international competition, held every four years under the auspices of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF), headquartered in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), brings together athletes from 57 member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) with a population of about 1.5 billion people.