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The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes of municipal personnel towards social media and to investigate whether there are significant differences in terms of gender, age group and working time. The study group of the research consists of 360 participants working in Ankara metropolitan municipality and its five districts. The research method is quantitative research and the data collection tool is the Social Media Attitude Scale, which consists of 35 items developed and adapted by Otrar and Argın (2016). The analysis of the data was carried out by using the IBM SPSS 20.0 program, exploratory factor analysis and MANOVA technique. Cronbach's alfa reliability analysis and exploratory factor analysis were used to check that the scale was a valid and reliable tool for measuring the attitudes of municipal employees, and the new five-factor structure of the scale was reached. They are addiction, entertainment and sharing, sociality and attention-getting, education, and open communication. It was observed that there were statistically significant differences in the scores of the municipality personnel. Women are more fond of social media applications than men. While the 18-22 age group uses social media for entertainment, sharing and open communication, employees with a working time of 16-20 years think that it will be appropriate to use social media for educational purposes. The results of the study were discussed with the literature and recommendations were made to the municipalities.