The 5th ICYF General Assembly is underway in Istanbul. The two-day event’s opening ceremony was graced by ministers, high-level delegates, representatives of international organizations, and youth from the OIC region. Among the key names in attendance were H.E. Mr. Necmettin Bilal Erdoğan, President of the World Ethnosport Confederation, H.E. Mr. Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, and H.E. Dr. Osman Aşkın Bak, Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Türkiye, H.E. Ms. Dilnoza Kattakhanova,First Deputy Director of the Youth Affairs Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan,
H.E. Mr. Farhad Hajiyev, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sport of the Republic of Azerbaijan, H.E. Mr. Fatalla Alzani, Minister of Youth and Sports of Libya, H.E. Mr. Bakary Badjiye, Minister of Youth and Sports of the Gambia, and H.E. Gen. Jibril Rajoub, Head of the Higher Council of Youth and Sports of the State of Palestine.