Abstract
Functional gastrointestinal disease is very common, but studies on randomly selected community samples is extremely limited.
 In the study, the prevalence of colonic symptoms and irritable bowel syndrome in Kilis was investigated on age and sex stratified random sample of 1610 residents of Kilis (age range, 30-64) by the use of questionnaires. Collaboration with National Education Office of Kilis was made far this research.
 The prevalence of abdominal pain (more than six times in the prior year) was 12.5 %, the prevalence of chronic diarrhea was 5.9 % and the prevalence of chronic constipation was 6 %. While abdominal pain was predominant in females, disturbed defecation was similar in woman and man. Using the Manning symptom criteria to identify irritable bowel syndrome (2 of 6 symptoms in those with abdominal pain more than six times in the prior year ), the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome was 6 % in male and 9.9 % in female. ln conclusion the prevalence of colonic symptoms and irritable bowel syndrome was found to be lower in according to previous reports. Parasiter bowel diseases and the psychosocial factors would be ııeeded to investigate in future.
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