Space Soldiers was a Turkish professional esports organization founded in 2014 by Bünyamin Aydın.
[1] Space Soldiers announced its CS:GO team on 17 January 2015, consisting of Emre "e1" Biçer, Ismailcan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş, Cihan "ONLY" Gönek, Tugay "TuGuX" Keskin and Çağatay "DESPE" Sedef.
[15] The team beat the eventual champions Cloud9 during their second game in the Major,[16] but later lost to mousesports and was eliminated without making it to the play-offs.
[18] In the grand-final, Space Soldiers faced Fnatic, and were ahead 14–7 on the final map, but lost 14–16 after a comeback.
[21] ngiN failed to get a visa in time for the FACEIT Major: London in September, which meant that coach Canpolat "hardstyle" Yıldıran had to play instead of him.
[29] In the last 3 years of existence, the team has stayed with the same core players, with the following achievements: In September 2017, Space Soldiers' 6th and reserve player, Çağatay "DESPE" Sedef got banned for 2 years by ESL,[30] making him unable to stand-in in ESL tournaments in case it was needed.
[32] On 13 June 2018, Space Soldiers played the opening match of ESL One Belo Horizonte 2018 against home heroes SK Gaming.
[35] In May 2018, all CS:GO players changed their profile pictures on Steam to completely black, instead of the logo of Space Soldiers.
[36] In September 2018, the two sides agreed to part their ways, but not before they attended a major tournament in home soil Turkey, BLAST Pro Series Istanbul, for the last time.
[27] In an interview later, former Space Soldiers captain Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli said that the organization "didn't fulfill the promises made" and that "it was run by amateurs."