The main purpose of this research was to assess the democratic attitudes of the teachers and the prospective teachers. The sample of the study consisted of teachers of various branches working at different levels (N = 317) in Ýzmir and the prospective teachers (N = 768). In terms of gender, 58.4 %of the teachers are females and 41.6 % of them are males. 28.7% of them are 20-30 years old; 38.2% are 31-40 years old; 30.6% are 41-50 years old; and 2.5% are 51 years and older. In the prospective teachers group, 52.7% are females and 47.3% are males. In this group, 18.1% are 18-20 years old; 60.02 % are 21-23 years old; 21.88% are 24 years old and older. A democratic Attitude Scale, developed by the Attitude Research Laboratory adapted into Turkish by Gözütok (1995), was administered to the sample. The scale’s alpha reliability coefficient was .87. The results of the study revealed that there was a statistically significant difference among the prospective teachers’ democratic attitudes by the institutions, departments, gender, age, social environment of the family, which high school graduated, educational level of the parents, and how keen they are in their professions. The study shows that there is no statistical difference in between the democratic attitudes of the teachers and the institutions where they work, gender, branches, seniority, the institution where they graduated, their satisfaction from their branch and the institutions where they work. When democratic attitudes of the teachers and the students were compared, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference in the favor of the prospective teachers.