Yesilyurt is a town in Islahiye district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. The town which is situated at 36°54'N 36°34'E is on Turkish state highway D.825 which connects Antakya to Kahramanmaras. It is 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of Islahiye. Distance to Gaziantep is 110 kilometres (68 mi). The population of Yesilyurt was 3640 as of 2012. The town was founded in 1991 as a result of merging three villages named Dolan, Yenioba and Alagöz.