Yenice () is a town in Çanakkale Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. It is the seat of Yenice District.İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 8,346 (2021). The town lies at an elevation of .
History On 18 March 1953 Yenice was subject to a M7.4 earthquake which left 998 dead and thousands of buildings damaged. A previous devastating earthquake had occurred here in 1440 AD.Kürçer, Akın (2008) "The Yenice–Gönen active fault (NW Turkey): Active tectonics and palaeoseismology" Tectonophysics 453: pp. 263–275
Economy People's basic occupation is agricultural work. Cereals, beans, tomatoes and tobacco are grown. There is a tomato paste processing plant in Yenice. Important towns in the district include: Kalkım, Hamdibey and Pazarköy.
Tourism is a relatively new component of Yenice's economy; however, wild boar hunting is becoming popular as a tourist attraction."Başmakçı Kültür (Bashmakchi Culture)" , in Turkish
Notable people from Yenice İbrahim Bodur, entrepreneur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, film director
References
External links Road map of Yenice and environs Various images of Yenice, Çanakkale Photo of Yenice, Çanakkale, Pamoramio About Çanakkale