Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kafa ƙauyen a 1543 a lokacin zamanin Ottoman ta Oghuz Turks (Turkmens). Sunan garin mai yiwuwa yana nufin wani Yenice Bey wanda ya kasance shugaban Turkmen mai tawaye wanda ya rayu a farkon rabin karni na 16. A farkon shekarun karni na 19, garin ya kasance ɗan tawaye Ibrahim Pasha na Masar. Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, ba da daɗewa ba aka kafa Yenice
Faransa ta mamaye ("cf. Yarjejeniyar Sykes-Picot). Bayan Yarjejeniyar Ankara, 20 ga Oktoba, 1921, an ba da Yenice ga Turkiyya.