Yenicepazarı

Yenicepazarı lies in the forested valleys west of Safranbolu, where the Araç and Soğanlı waters join the Yenice River on its way to the Black Sea. Ottoman surveys from the reign of Selim I list Yenice as a district of the Bolu sancak. Later it formed part of the Viranşehir region. Ancient remains and a Byzantine church in nearby villages show that the wooded valley had been inhabited long before Ottoman rule.