The 4th Corps is a

field corps Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was formally introduced March 1, 1800, when Napoleon ordered Gener ...

of the

Turkish Land Forces The Turkish Land Forces () is the main branch of the Turkish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. The army was formed on November 8, 1920, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Significant campaigns since the foun ...

. Its headquarters is in

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

, and it is directly responsible to the Commander of the Land Forces (as of 2023). It was established in the Ankara area in 1966. In 1974, it appears to have been part of the Second Army. Nigel Thomas's ''NATO Armies 1949-87'', published in 1987, attributed the 4th, 8th, and 9th Corps to the Third Army. In accordance with NATO's new strategy in the early 1990s, Turkey agreed to commit forces to NATO's ACE Rapid Reaction Corps. "Turkish Land Forces went through a very significant reorganisation program between 1991 and 1993. Within the framework of this reorganisation, most divisions were deactivated with the exception of a few. owever the decision was made to create a new division. Thus, the old 1st Infantry Division which had been abolished many years ago was reactivated and renamed as 1 TU Mech Inf Div (''1. Mekanize Piyade Tümen Komutanlığı'') and attached to 4 TU Corps on 30 November 1993." Major Generals :tr:Oktar Ataman, promoted 1992, and :tr:Orhan Yöney commanded the division. Major General :tr:Ergin Sagun was also Deputy Commander of 4th Corps and Commander 1st Mechanized Infantry Division as a major-general, before he was promoted in 2001. BY 2001 the division was at Mamak in

. The division's 9th Brigade was then disestablished circa 2004.

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{{Turkish army formations Corps of Turkey Military units and formations established in 1966