Yenice is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus,

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. Its population is 8,433 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''

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'').

Geography

Yenice is situated in the extreme east of Mersin province, east of Tarsus, east of

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, and west of

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. The

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coast is about to south.

History

The village was established in 1543 during the Ottoman era by

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(Turkmens). The name of the town probably refers to a certain Yenice Bey who was a rebellious Turkmen chief who lived in the first half of the 16th century. In the early years of the 19th century, the town was briefly occupied by the rebellious İbrahim Pasha of Egypt. After the

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, Yenice was shortly occupied by France (''cf.''

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). After the Treaty of Ankara, 20 October 1921, Yenice was ceded to Turkey. On 30 January 1943, during the

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, the Adana Conference between the Turkish president

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and the British prime minister

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was held in a railway carriage at Yenice Railway Station to discuss Turkey's role in the war. The carriage is now displayed in the station. In 1953 Yenice was declared a township.

Economy

The town is situated in the fertile

Çukurova Çukurova (), or the Cilician Plain (''Cilicia Pedias'' in antiquity), is a large fertile plain in the Cilicia region of southern Anatolia. The plain covers the easternmost areas of Mersin Province, southern and central Adana Province, western Os ...

plain (ancient

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). Mayor's page; Economy (in Turkish)
/ref> It is approximately at the midpoint between the

Seyhan Seyhan is a Districts of Turkey, district-municipality in the Adana Province of Turkey. Its area is 444 km2, and its population is 795,012 (2022). It forms the core of the Adana urban area. Seyhan is home to 35 percent of the residents of Ada ...

and Berdan rivers. The most important crop is cotton, followed by vegetables, citrus and wheat. There is also some light industry. Yenice is an important railway junction on the

Adana–Mersin railway The Adana–Mersin Main Line is a 67 km (41 miles) long double track rail line from the Adana Railway Station in Adana to the Mersin Railway Station in Mersin. The line passes through the city of Tarsus and has branch lines to the Port o ...

, connecting to the

Konya Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in En ...

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line to the north. It lies on the

Çukurova Motorway Çukurova (), or the Cilician Plain (''Cilicia Pedias'' in antiquity), is a large fertile plain in the Cilicia region of southern Anatolia. The plain covers the easternmost areas of Mersin Province, southern and central Adana Province, western Os ...

. The airport of Adana is within 20 minutes and the newer Çukurova Airport is under construction near the town. The

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is within 45 minutes.

References and notes

{{Tarsus District Neighbourhoods in Tarsus District