[5] On 13 April 2017, Istanbul was awarded the event during the 25th ISSF Executive Board meeting held at Baku, Azerbaijan.

[6] In December 2019, Turkey requested to change the host city from Istanbul to Konya, which was subsequently approved by the ISSF.

In relation with the program from 5 years early, the organizers choose to remove 6 sports: water polo, diving, field hockey, tennis, wushu and zurkhaneh.

[7] In May 2020, the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF), who are responsible for the direction and control of the Islamic Solidarity Games, postponed the games as the 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed to July and August 2021, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

[10][11] Source:[12] It is expected that the 55 members of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation will present at the Games.