Yeleğen is a town (belde) in the Eşme District, Uşak Province, Turkey.

[1] Yeleğen residents are of Turkmen origin from Germiyan Beylik era in the 14th century.

Avşar Turcoman are one of the 24 Oghuz Family branches and Çakal Yorukhs connect to Avşars in Turkish History.

The original settlement was completely burned during the Greek retreat in the Turkish War of Independence (1922).

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