Yeniceoba

Yeniceoba (Kurdish: Încow) is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Cihanbeyli, Konya Province, Turkey.^[1] Its population is 5,491 (2022).^[2] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).^[3][4] The highway distance from Yeniceoba to Konya is 130 km.

Yeniceoba
Neighbourhood
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Coordinates: 38°52′15″N 32°47′31″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Konya
District	Cihanbeyli
Population  (2022)	5,491
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Information

The town is populated by Kurds.^[5] About 5,000 people emigrated from the town to Denmark.^[6][7]

Politics

Election results

2007 general election

Party		Votes	%
	Justice and Development Party	2,279	64.74
	Republican People's Party	540	15.34
	Thousand Hope Candidates	390	11.08
	Nationalist Movement Party	107	3.04
	Other	204	5.80
Total		3,520	100.00
Valid votes		3,520	97.70
Invalid/blank votes		83	2.30
Total votes		3,603	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,685	76.91
Source: YSK, YSK

2011 general election

Party		Votes	%
	Justice and Development Party	1,734	53.82
	Democratic Society Party	775	24.05
	Republican People's Party	404	12.54
	Nationalist Movement Party	62	1.92
	Other	247	7.67
Total		3,222	100.00
Valid votes		3,222	97.22
Invalid/blank votes		92	2.78
Total votes		3,314	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,032	65.86
Source: YSK

2015 general election

Party		Votes	%
	Peoples' Democratic Party	1,737	58.76
	Justice and Development Party	992	33.56
	Republican People's Party	149	5.04
	Nationalist Movement Party	37	1.25
	Other	41	1.39
Total		2,956	100.00
Valid votes		2,956	97.85
Invalid/blank votes		65	2.15
Total votes		3,021	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,283	70.53
Source: YSK

2018 general election

Party		Votes	%
	Peoples' Democratic Party	1,801	61.38
	Justice and Development Party	835	28.46
	Republican People's Party	187	6.37
	Nationalist Movement Party	33	1.12
	Other	78	2.66
Total		2,934	100.00
Valid votes		2,934	97.41
Invalid/blank votes		78	2.59
Total votes		3,012	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,191	71.87
Source: YSK

Twin towns

• Ishøj in Denmark since 2006.^[8]

Notable people

• Fehmi Demir

References

1. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
2. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
3. "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
4. "Classification tables of municipalities and their affiliates and local administrative units" (DOC). Official Gazette (in Turkish). 12 September 2010.
5. Andrews, Peter; Benninghaus, Rüdiger (2002). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey: Supplement and Index. p. 119. ISBN 9783895002298.
6. Nicolaisen, Johannes (1973). Folk dansk etnografisk tidsskrift, 14 - 17. Dansk etnografisk forening.
7. Migration, 1-4 (in English and German). Express, Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung, Europäisches Migrationszentrum. 1987. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
8. "Twin Towns". Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.