Abstract: The purpose of Ms study is to reveal `the statigraphy of the Tertiary sequence together with ostracodsand foraminifera» cropped out aroend tlıe Darende (Malatya). 20 genera and 28 species of ostracods were described fromthe sedimentary sequence in the Darende region. These benthonic and planktooic foraminifers, which compared with theother studies publicated in Turkey and Europe dealing with this subject» were found that they corresponded to Lutetian.Also ostracods and foraminifers indicated that Tertiary sequence was deposited under the conditions of shallow and dephtmarine environment