Turkana IV
Turkana IV was the inhabited fourth planet in the Turkana system of the Beta Quadrant. A failed Earth colony was located on this planet. Turkana City was one of the settlements on this planet.

In 2371, the location of Turkana IV was labeled in a star chart Data and Captain Picard studied in stellar cartography aboard the  in 2371. (, okudagram)

Turkana IV colony

A failed experiment 

The planet's government began breaking down in the 2330s. Dozens of factions developed, and civil war broke out. The Turkana government gave police powers to the two largest factions, the Coalition and the Alliance, but it was quickly overthrown by those cadres, and the planet severed relations with the Federation by 2352, the two factions declaring the planet's independence. 

Lawlessness became the norm, and rape gangs became a common threat. For some of the citizens, drugs became an escape from the poverty and violence that they had to face every day. Few citizens escaped the planet. One of those fortunate enough to do so was Tasha Yar, who left the planet at age fifteen, and later went on to become a Starfleet officer. ()

Re-establishing contact 
In 2361, the  attempted to contact the colony. The vessel was warned away with the threat that anyone beaming down to the surface would be killed.

Six years later, the  visited Turkana IV, in response to a distress call from the freighter Arcos. The Arcos was lost, but survivors crash landed on the planet in an escape pod. At that time, the surface structures had all been destroyed by years of civil war, and the planet's inhabitants lived in structures that extended up to three kilometers below the surface. Proximity detectors were used to separate the two factions, and both sides' bases were heavily defended in order to prevent all-out conflict. ()

See also 
 Turkana IV inhabitants

Appendices

Background information 
This planet's quadrant of origin is inferred based on the position of its star system as seen in the star chart appearing in the  episode .

According to the  and StarTrek.com, Turkana IV was an M-class planet.

Apocrypha 
The FASA Star Trek: The Next Generation First Year Sourcebook referred to this remote mining world as "Hokma V".

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