Geography

Yenice is a part of Tarsus

Tarsus, Mersin

Tarsus is a historic city in south-central Turkey, 20 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea. It is part of the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Turkey with a population of 2.75 million...

 district which in turn is a part of Mersin Province.
It is in the extreme east of the province at 36°58′N 35°3′E . It is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Tarsus

Tarsus (city)

Tarsus is a historic city in south-central Turkey, 20 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea. It is part of the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Turkey with a population of 2.75 million...

 and 43 kilometres (26.7 mi) from Mersin

Mersin

-Mersin today:Today, Mersin is a large city spreading out along the coast, with Turkey's second tallest skyscraper , huge hotels, an opera house, expensive real estate near the sea or up in the hills, and many other modern urban...

. Mediterranean

Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...

 coast is about 30 kilometres (18.6 mi) to south. The population of the town is 8 393 (2010 est.)

History

The village had been established in 1543 during Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 era by Oghuz Turks

Oghuz Turks

The Turkomen also known as Oghuz Turks were a historical Turkic tribal confederation in Central Asia during the early medieval Turkic expansion....

 (Turkmens). The name of the town probably refers to a certain Yenice Bey who was a rebellious Turkmen chief 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 Mehmet Ali Pasha of Egypt

Egypt

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. After the First World War, Yenice was shortly under France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 rule. (See Sykes–Picot Agreement ). But after the treaty of Ankara

Treaty of Ankara (1921)

The Ankara Agreement was signed on October 20, 1921 between France and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey...

 (20 October 1921) Yenice was conceded to Turkey.

During Second World War, Turkish president İsmet İnönü

Ismet Inönü

Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

 met with British prime minister Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

 inside a train wagon at the Yenice Railway Station

Yenice Railway Station

The Yenice Railway Station is a railway station in Yenice. Yenice station is on the busy Adana-Mersin Main Line. The station was built in 1886 by the Mersin-Tarsus-Adana Railway.-Service:...

, to discuss Turkey’s role in the war. (30 January 1943) This meeting is usually and errenously known as Adana Conference.

In 1953 Yenice was declared township.

Economy

The town is situated in a fertile plain which is known as Çukurova

Çukurova

Çukurova , historically known as Cilicia, is a geographic, economic and cultural region in south-central Turkey, covering the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye and Hatay...

 (or ancient Cicilia). It is approximatelly at the mid point between Seyhan

Seyhan River

The Seyhan River is the longest river in Turkey that is flowing into Mediterranean Sea. The river is 560 km and flows southwest from its headwaters in the Tahtalı-Mountains in Anti-Taurus Mountains to the Mediterranean Sea via a broad delta...

 and Berdan

Berdan River

The Berdan River, also called the Tarsus River , is a river in Mersin Province, south Turkey. The historical city of Tarsus is by the river.- Geography :...

 rivers. The most important crop is cotton followed by, vegetables, citrus and wheat.There is also some light industry in Yenice.

Yenice is an important railway junction. (to Mersin in the west, to Adana

Adana

Adana is a city in southern Turkey and a major agricultural and commercial center. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, 30 kilometres inland from the Mediterranean, in south-central Anatolia...

 in the east and to Ankara

Ankara

Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....

 in the north) . It is also on the expressway. The airport of Adana

Adana Sakirpasa Airport

Adana Airport or Adana Şakirpaşa Airport is an airport located in the city of Adana in the Adana Province of Turkey. Adana Airport was opened to service as a civil-military airport in 1937. It started to be used as a civil airport in 1956...

 is within 20 minutes distance and the port of Mersin

Mersin Harbor

Mersin Harbor is a seaport facility in Mersin, southern Turkey. As one of the largest harbors in the country, it is Turkey's main gateway to the Mediterranean Sea...

is within the 45 minutes distance.