This experiment was conducted at the Poultry Farm, Animal Resources Dept., College of Agriculture , University of Baghdad ( 8 – 3- 2014 to 19 – 4 – 2014 ) to study the effect of inclusion different levels of turmeric (Curcuma Longa) powder on broiler performance , carcass characteristic and bacterial count. One hundred and twelve one- day old (Rose 308) broiler chicks were allocated randomly to four dietary treatment from 0 to 42 days of age with two replicate pens of (14 birds / pen ) . The experimental diets were as follow: control (T1) , 0.2 % turmeric powder (T2) , 0.4 % turmeric powder (T3) , 0.6 % turmeric powder (T4) . Results showed that final body weight and weight gain was significantly (P