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The development of the patient safety culture plays an important role in the success of the institutions that serve the patients. The aim of this study is to determine the level of safety culture perception of nurses working at the Mediterranean University Hospital. The data collection was used by the "Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture" survey developed by AHRQ in 2004. The data was entered in the SPSS 15.0 program. The survey found that the average working year of the participants was 10 (14%) and the level of education was licensed (80%). 27.4 percent of the data found that the management provided a suitable atmosphere for patient safety, 44.6 percent found patient safety acceptable, 44.7 percent found that procedures reduced the error rate, 55.8 percent found that patient safety was at the forefront rather than doing more work. They also have been actively involved in patient safety development work (54,5%) and team work has been done when there is an urgent job (55,1), despite these data, there is a lack of staff (42,3) and this situation