Aim: Aim of this study was to determine the rate of burnout amongfamily physicians and to identify the contributing factors behind it. Material-Methods: This descriptive study was conducted amongfamily physic ians working in the city center of Kayseri in 2013.All 280 family physicians who worked in the city center wereincluded in the study and 143 of them participated (51.1%).Physicians were given a questionnaire containing 24 questionsand Maslach Burnout Inventory. Study has been approved by theethics committee o f Erciyes University. p<0.05 was consideredstatistically signifcant.Results: The mean working year of the family physicians was19.0±5.4 years. Out of 143 physicians, 83.9% were working infamily practice since family practitioner scheme was introduced. 53.2% of them stated that being a family physician was verysuitable/suitable for them. The mean emotional exhaustion score,depersonalization score and personal accomplishment scorewere 16.1±7.2, 4.3±3.2 and 21.0±3.7. There were no differencesbetween the burnout scores according to gender, marital statusand the presence of a diagnosed health problem (p>0.05).The emotional exhaustion (p<0.001), depersonalization (p<0.05)and total exhaustion (p<0.001) scores of the physicians whostated their work load and work stress increased and who werenot satisfed with their working place were higher than the others.The emotional burnout scores were lower for the physicians whostated that family medicine was appropriate for them (p=0,004),they were glad to be in the family practice (p<0.001) and theirexpectations were met (p<0.001). There was no correlation betweenthe total professional years and any burnout score (p>0.05). A lowpositive correlation was found between the duration of working inthe family practice and emotional and total burnout scores (p<0.05).Fulfllment of expectations a nd workload wa s found as the two mostimportant factors affecting motional and total burnout scores.Conclusion : The majority of family physicians have been thinkingthat family practic e has increased the rival between physicians,the work load stress, and ethical degeneration, decreased the timespared for their social life and professional development. A positivecorrelation has been found between the duration of working infamily practice and the e motional and total burnout scores.