Yenice is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey.

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.

[5] In the early years of the 19th century, the town was briefly occupied by the rebellious İbrahim Pasha of Egypt.

After the First World War, Yenice was shortly occupied by France (cf.

On 30 January 1943, during the Second World War, the Adana Conference between the Turkish president İsmet İnönü and the British prime minister Winston Churchill was held in a railway carriage at Yenice Railway Station to discuss Turkey's role in the war.