Objective: In this research, the prevalence of violence, perception of violence, determination of possible socio-cultural, economic and other factors for perception of violence were aimed.Method: For his identifying type of research, 503 women over the age of 18 who applied to 8 different Family Health Centers in Sakarya provinces and districts for any reason and agreedto participate in the research were included.Results: The average age of the women included in this research is found to be 38.02±12.16 (SS) (min=18, max=81). 14.7 % of those are single 78.7 % of them are married, 6.6 % of hewomen's husband was died or they live separate. 28.1 % of the participant claimed that they suffer from the domestic violence. There is a sensible relation between facing domesticviolence and observing the violence against mother by father and education level.When looked at the perceptions of the violence: Percentage of the women who sense the violence correctly is 46.1 % while 53.9 % of the women's violence perception do notmatch with the definition of violence. In order to see the effects of age, education level, residency region, single/married-widow, facing domestic violence, observing the violenceagainst mother by father and etc., logistic regression analysis was carried out. It was observed that the correct perception increases as education level increases, violence is perceivedmore accurately by women living in the urban than living in suburban, and perception possibility is higher for the women more than the age of 24 compared to the youngerones(p<0.05). It was found that witnessing the violence by father to mother and facing the domestic violence do not affect the perception.Conclusion: Domestic violence against women continues and most of the women do not correctly perceive the violence. The importance of the education should not be ignored as it is the mostimportant and modifiable factor in the perception.