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The environment is a biological, physical, social, economic and cultural environment in which living and lifeless beings live, maintain and interact (Cepel, 1995). Therefore, the environment is vital for all living creatures. It should be noted that the sooner the environmental hazards are recognized and the sooner solution can be reached, the more secure and healthy the future social life will be.   In this study it was investigated, how the people living in Turkey's Mediterranean region think about the environment, how they usually behave to their environment, and their awareness. This study was conducted by face to face questionnaire survey method with 370 randomly selected people. 201 of them were female, 169 of them were male and the average age was 36.   71 % of them have high school and lower education level. It was determined that 70,7% of the individuals used an energy saving tools and 64.3% of these do not run the washing machine before it is filled to save water. 52.4 % of the participants do not believe that changing their way of the life would solve the environmental problems. 33.2 % of individuals emphasized that environmental problems affect their health. While 50.5% of the individuals stated that they would welcome the increase in the water bill to be taken against water pollution, 49.5% did not respond positively, even if it prevents water pollution.

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