Abstract: This study was carried out to determine whether a group of pre-school teachers applied punishment to children and what type of behavior was punished by those applying the punishment and what the punishment was for this behavior. The current study is a descriptive research. The working group was consisted of 41 teachers teaching at official kindergartens serving in the central towns of Etimesgut and Sincan of the city of Ankara, Turkey. A questionnaire form made up of open-ended questions was used to gather data and the data obtained was analyzed through content analysis. Thirty-four teachers included in the study expressed that they applied punishment to children. It was found that teachers mostly punished the behaviors of being aggressive and disobeying the rules. Teachers pointed out in terms of these behaviors that they applied such punishments in the categories as keeping them away from favorite activities, time-out and making him compensate.