Yakınca (former Kileyik) is a town in Yeşilyurt district of Malatya Province, Turkey.At 38°18′N 38°15′E / 38.3°N 38.25°E / 38.3; 38.25 Yakınca is situated between Malatya and Yeşilyurt on the Turkish state highway D.850. It is almost merged to Yeşilyurt and only 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Malatya. The population of Yakınca is 10943 as of 2011. According to mayor's page the town was founded by a Turkmen tribe during the Dulkadir Beylik era (ca. 15th century) In 1964 it was declared a seat of township. The traditional town economy depended on handworks especially straw mat and basket production, but later apricot, hickory nut and mulberry gardening superseded the traditional handworks.