Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the traditional practices of infertile women in order to become pregnant. Method: This descriptive study was carried out in a city center in eastern Turkey center between January 2017 and December 2017. Voluntary infertile women were obtained by sampling snow ball method. The data were collected by a questionnaire prepared by the researchers. The data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software. Descriptive

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... tics were used to analyze the data. Results: It was determined that all of the women participating in the study had done at least one of the traditional practices. Of the women participating in the study, 4.2% were in the age of 15-24, 64.6% were in the age of 25-34 , 31.3% in the age of 35-44. Only 25% of women work and 60.4% perceive their monthly income as bad. 100% of the women have been made a vow, 70.8% of them distributed food at tomb, 52.1% of them used in the method of sitting stone, in the steam of tea, hibiscus, cheese syrup and molasses. A significant relationship was found between the women who were not working for this method (p <0.05). 35.4% of women applied various herbs, spices, garlic and wax from the wax into the vagina. 52.9% of women used bathing methods with blessed water and 25% of them used with syrup. Conclusion and Suggestions: It was determined that infertile women increased the probability of applying traditional methods according to the years of not having children, their living conditions in the family and their inability to work. It may be suggestible to organize training programs in terms of traditional methods and complications.