The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between dark leadership behaviors of school principals and organizational power distance perceptions of teachers. The study was designed using a survey model. The sample of the study consisted of 686 teachers selected by proportional cluster sampling technique. The Dark Leadership Scale and the Organizational Power Distance Scale were used as data collection tools. Results revealed that the teachers' perceptions for dark leadership behaviours of school principals and for organizational power distance were at moderate and high levels. Moreover, the teachers' perceptions of dark leadership behaviors differed significantly in terms of gender, seniority, and school type variables, and their perceptions of organizational power distance differed significantly in terms of gender and school type variables. The dimensions of dark leadership were the predictors of instrumental use of power, acquiescence of power, and justification of power.