Epidemiological studies give important information about the clinical course of epilepsy. However it is noticable that there are a few "regional epilepsy profile" studies in our country. In this study between January 1 st, 1997- January 1st, 1998 in applied with the complaint of episodic unconsciousness to neurology and neurosurgery departments, 136 patients were re-examined. Seventy four females (54.41 %) and 62 male (45.58 %) patients were diagnosed as absolute epilepsy. Their demographic data, family histories, age of onset, types andf requency of seizures, etiological factors, associating diseases, laboratory findings, therapy management, obeying therapies and prognoses were determined. The age of patients were between 1-74 (mean: 25.04). According to beginning decade of the seizures were first decade 34.55 %, second decade 39.70 %, third decade 6.61 %, fourth decade 4.41 % and over 40 year 14.70 %. The types f the seizures were partial seizures 55 (40.45 %), generalized seizures 63 (46.32 %) and unclassified seizures 18 (13.23 %) Etiological reasons of importance were cryptogenic or idiopathic group (44.9 %) and trauma (16.9 %). In 27 % of the patients there were family histories of epilepsy. Pathological findings in EEG 69 % and imaging studies 22 % and 83.8 % of the patients were taking monotherapy. The persentage of the without seizure during one year was found 65.4 %.